Now. You must act. Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you. Thank you. Giffords husband mark kelly says expanding background checks should be a top priority but the nras chief executive yesterday refused to give any ground. We know from what happened in tucson that if there was an effective background check which includes having the Mental Health data and the persons drug use in the case of the tucson shooter into the system and if, in fact, there was no gun show loophole, i would contend he would have had a very difficult time getting a gun. If background checks are good enough for somebody who is a federal firearms licensed dealer like walmart, for instance where i just purchased a gun a couple months ago, a hunting rifle and i had to good through a background check, why isnt that good for other sales . My problem with background checks is youll never get criminals to go through universal background checks. I mean, all the law abiding people. Youll create an enormous federal bureaucracy. Were not going to prosecute the bad guys if they do catch one. And none of it makes any sense in the real world. Thats the point. The criminals wont go to purchase the guns because theyll be a background check. Well stop them from the original purchase. You miss that point completely. And i think its basic. Senator, i think youve missed it. Let there be order. Kelly stopped short of demanding an assault weapons ban, a gun rights activist offered a perspective we have yet to hear in this debate. An assault weapon in the hands of a young woman defending her babies in her home becomes a defense weapon. And the peace of mind that a woman has as shes facing three, four, five violent attackers, intruders in her home with her children screaming in the background, the peace of mind she has knowing that she has a scary looking gun gives her more courage when shes fighting hardened violent criminals. A Judiciary Committee says it hopes to send gun control legislation to the senate floor by late february. Well hear more from mark kelly when he joins us live on morning joe. To chicago, homicides outnumber days so far in 2013. A teenage girl shot down in a neighborhood playground is a symbol of unending violence in the city. She was shot and killed while hanging out with friends. Pendleton had one week ago performed with a drill team that president obamas inauguration festivities in washington, d. C. The park where she was killed, just a mile north of president obamas home. Chicago had 42 homicides so far in 2013 alone despite having strict gun laws on the books. A day after his major speech on immigration in las vegas, president obama sat down for interviews with Spanish Language networks saying he hopes to have reform laws in place by the end of the year. Really, the issue here is not so much technical as it is political. Its a matter of republicans and democrats coming together and finding a meeting of the minds and then making the case. And, you know, im hopeful that this can get done and i dont think that it should take many, many months. I think is something that we should be able to get done certainly this year and id like to see if we can get it done sooner in the first half of the year if possible. The president s proposals follow recommendations from a Bipartisan Group of eight senators. Nar favor of a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented workers in the country. But only after strengthening the nations borders. He said his administration has been working hard on border security. I make no apologies for us enforcing the law as well as the work that weve done to strengthen border security. As a consequence, weve actually seen an 80 drop in illegal crossings and what weve seen is that the people would are being deported, the vast majority of them now are criminals that did not used to be the case. The president says hell put forward his own legislation if lawmakers fail to act. Tough questions are expected at todays confirmation hearing for chuck hagel. The president s nominee to be the next secretary of defense. He is expected to offer his views on the big deep budget cuts facing the pentagon. Theyre unable to avoid sequestration. On iran, the senator told congress in written remarks he would be prepared to strike that country if necessary but stressed the need to be cautious and certain when considering the use of force. Bipartisan joe biden yesterday defended hagel and john kerry from critics who say theyre concerned the president S New NationalSecurity Team would be hesitant to act. To suggest that two war heroes wearing the bronze star, purple heart, silver star taking over both the excuse me, state department and defense is a whatever the phrase was, is ridiculous. To be sure to join us on msnbc. Well have live coverage of hagels confirmation hearing following morning joe. He can only hope his hearing goes as smoothly as john kerrys who nomination as the next secretary of state sailed through the senate. The long time lawmaker strugled to hold back emotions as he said farewell to the chamber where he served for the last 27 years. Standing here at this desk that once belonged at this desk that once belonged to president kennedy and to ted kennedy, i cant help but be reminded that even our nations greatest leaders and all the rest of us are merely temporary workers. Im reminded that this chamber is a living museum, a lasting memorial to the miracle of the american experiment. John kerry, departing the u. S. Senate. Massachusetts governor patrick announced an interim replacement boston lawyer mo you could en. The decision means the first time in American History there will be two africanamerican u. S. Senators serving together. Elizabeth warren now becomes the senior senator in the bay statement it took kerry 24 years to earn that title. Only after the death of senator ted kennedy in 2009. American Officials Say israeli warplanes struck syria yesterday targeting hightech weapons which they believe were on their way to hezbollah militants in lebanon. It happened just outside of da mat cuss and marked the first attack by israel against syrian targets in some five years. The incident raised new concerns that syrias on going civil war threatens to spill over into a wider regional conflict. The Syrian Government condemned the attack and insisted the air strike hit a research site, not a weapons convoy. Our correspondent joins us live from cairo. What is the reaction to the air strike today in the middle east . Reporter well, good morning, bill. There is strong condemnation from several parts starting in cairo with the arab league which said that israeli air strike is a violation of sovereignty but more importantly russia syrias strongest ally and the supplier of the alleged weapons that were actually being carried in that convoy which we believe to be according to western sources to be air defense missiles going to hezbollah. Russia which makes those weapons, supposedly, has condemned the Israeli Attack as well saying that it, too, was a violation of syrias sovereignty. Theres no doubt that there is growing concerns in israel and in the west that weapons, particularly sophisticated weapons including syrias arsenal of chemical weapons could fall into the hands of hezbollah which then in turn could be used at any potential future conflict between that group and israel. There have also been condemnation towards israel for violating lebanese airspace. Allegedly the flights that took place to attack syria flew over lebanon and according to lebanese government officials, they will file a complaint with the United Nations and also hezbollah says it has the right to defend lebanese airspace and territory if violations like this take place. Again, you get a sense that Something Like this, this drastic air strike on syria could really enflame the region and really could push the conflict beyond the borders. Well watch during the day. Thanks. Now to business. Wall street is feeling cautiously better about facebook this morning after a surprise Fourth Quarter of 2012. Here at way too early, weve been very supportive of facebook, right . We never, ever bash them. Yeah, we love the facebook. The social Media Company saw a 40 jump in revenue largely due to successfully integrating advertising into their mobile apps. For more on what to expect from facebook in 2013, lets go to our reporter live for us in london. A few of us are a little tough on fp after tacebook after the launch. Maybe theyre getting the last laugh. Maybe. The shares lost over half of the val yew ov value of the ipo. Now the shares are rallied since midnovember over 60 . Have they justified it . As you mentioned, we saw a big increase in revenues to 1. 6 billion that, is a 40 increase. They doubled the mobile app revenues. They came off a base where they didnt have a lot. They have a lot of low hanging fruit to get. There is a bit of a caveat. This company, in order to keep ahead of the opposition, in order to grow the business, needs to spend about 50 more next year on expenses including recruiting talent. They need to keep the revenue figures going if theyre going to stay ahead of the pack. But a lot of questions still remain about the facebook model. But for the moment, at least, it appears that justifying some of the more bullish estimates out there. Back to you. Steve, something to watch closely. Yet, again, they have billions of users. Who knows how its going to end up. Let us know why youre awake. Shoot us an email at way too early. Can you tweet me. Well read the best responses later in the show. Still ahead on way too early, the man behind the hoax speaks out. Manti teos fake lover tells dr. Phil why he spent years pretending to be a girl. Very disturbing. And thats next in sports. Plus, a leaked Super Bowl Ad that is offensive and racist by some is being defended by an unlikely source. That story and a check on all the crazy weather around this country when way too early comes right back. A new family of new atomic weapons is perfected and the greatest of these is the h bomb, the hydrogen bomb, the super bomb. Hey did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol . And it tastes good . 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Providence gusting to 50. Connecticut, earlier bridgeport had a gust of 61. Im sure there are Power Outages in southern new england. Give it two, three hours and then it will improve. The temperatures will drop and then get cold. We have snow showers in pennsylvania through pittsburgh and erie and buff will alo. So temperatures will be dropping. Its warm they are morning. It will get colder as the day goes on. Look at buffalo and pittsburgh. Highs in the upper 0s. You want to talk about cold . Now we get rid of this storm, arctic air returns in a big way to the northern plains. Minneapolis is going to have a high today of 1. Were talking dangerously cold with the wind chills in the northern plains. Chicago, very cold today after the record heat. So we justin on these amazing roller coasters. These are not misprints. That is the actual wind chill this morning in north dakota, bismarck is at minus 40. And rolea, north carolina, has a wind chill right now of minus 47, the lowest in the country. Bundle suppan understatement. Lets turn to sports. We have new insights into the man who has admitted to perpetrating the girlfriend hoax against manti teo. He spoke to dr. Phil about his motivation about entering into an online relation Health Care Plan with teo that lasted for a span of three years. Here we have a young man that fell deeply, romantically in will have. Did yhe say that . I asked him straight up, was this a romantic relationship with you . He says, yes. I said are you then, therefore, gay . And he said, well, when you put it that way, yes. And then he caught himself and said, i am confused. If that doesnt disturb you enough, the full interview with the man who says he was in love with manti teo will air in two parts today and tomorrow on the dr. Phil show. To the nfl now where instead of celebrating his upcoming retirement, ray lewis spent most of yesterdays presides confere defending himself for using deer antler spray. Our world is a very secret society. We try to protect our world as much as we can. But when you let cowards come in and do things like that, you know, to try to disturb something, i said it before. I said it a million times. The reason why im smiling is because its so funny of a story. I never, ever took what he says i or whatever i was supposed to do. Youre not angry. You cant use a different word. You can use the word agitated because im here to win the super bowl. Im not hear to entertain that doesnt work that or another. Agitated . Angry . Nothing from the outside can affect me to be angry. Because youd expect nothing frels our great nation, theres been a run on deer antler spray. In google searches on the sale of the product at an all time high. Kind of catchy bottle. To the basketball now where Brooklyn Nets thought it would be smart to piss off lebron and the champion heat right before they played them. Reggie evan dismissed the championship last season saying to the daily news, it doesnt prove nothing. That was a lockout season. Genius. So to the game now in brooklyn. Is this predictable . Pick it up in the third. Chaumers makes the steal, pushes it down the floor. Dwyane wade, thats easy. Lebron james with the alleyoop. After being tied at the half when i went to bed, very curious to see what the final would be. A 265 run by the heat. Lebron easy fade away. Thats over a 7 footer. I guess it wasnt too easy. Rainbow jumper. The heat win big. They won by 20 after being tied at the half. What happened . Lebron had this to say. You cant just come out and say Something Like that versus a champion. No one knows what it takes unless youve done it. Evans hasnt done it. Thats mild. Go to the twitter feed and see what else he had to say. Coming up on morning joe, she makes an appearance on capitol hill to call on congress to clamp down on gun violence. The morning joe crew reflect on the former lawmakers remarks and what it may mean for the debate in guns in america. When we come back here, well huddle around the water cooler where jon stewart weighs in on the republican aboutface when it comes to immigration reform. Lewis has more on. That. Plus, a Super Bowl Ad getting a lot of attention. Way too early is am couldicom back. Or protect your family with a will or living trust. And youd like the help of an attorney. At legalzoom a legal plan attorney is available in most states with every personalized document to answer questions. Get started at legalzoom. Com today. And now youre protected. Shimmy, shimmy chocolate. Shimmy, shimmy chocolate. We, we chocolate cross over. Yeah, we chocolate cross over. [ male announcer ] introducing fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. Chocolate. So i used my Citi Thankyou card to pick up some accessories. A new belt. Some nylons. And what girl wouldnt need new shoes . And with all the points ive been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. Things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your Citi Thankyou points to travel whenever you want. Visit citi. Com thankyoucards to apply. Enough with the real news. Lewis, what are we talking about today . Well, bill, i know youre very excited for the super bowl. I actually am. After all the comments that youve made. Going to be losing a lot of money, my friend. Thats a different story. You know me, im just watching for the free cheese dip and commercials. Some are already causing trfrs like this voekz clip. Take a look. Turn the frown the other way around. You know what this room needs . A smile. In the sun that were singing come on and get happy youre three minutes late. Dont be a cloud on a sunny day. Some say the ad is racist. Jamaica is a huge fan of the ad. He told usa today, we view atz a compliment. People should get into their inner jamaica and get happy. It wasnt that funny. Well, you know, all i can say is that jamaica is a great place. The people are happy. And one love baby. One love. Thats it. This week a group of bipartisan senators proposed plans for immigration overhaul. Jon stewart is a little suspicious of the republicans motives. What would you do about immigration . As your congressman on the house floor, ill do anything short of shooting them. Any one else . Ill build a 20 foot fence. It will be 20 feet high and have barbed wire on top and be electrified. Thats why the events of this week came as such a surprise. A major breakthrough on