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You agree with the "wall street journal" on that point that this is all a blunder to link obama care to keeping the government open? >> absolutely not. because all we've seen is the disaster of the rollout of the president's plan. >> a lot of people aren't focused on that because the shutdown has bypassed that. >> all you have to do is go to the facebook page of the official site for the health care exchange and look at the comments from single moms, from minorities who are saying i can't afford this health care bill. it took me three days, maybe 60 hours worth of trying to finally get on. whe...

>> good morning to you. >> we have this big warning as gas prices goes up it slows our economy down and could be very dangerous. it could be treacherous. in england, the national average for a gallon of self-serve unleaded once you do the conversions from metric and the pound, $8.55 a gallon. prices across europe are like that. it's not the thing that undid europe's economy. >> no, it is not. but the first thing is, most of that $8.50, good 60 to 70% of it, is taxes. either petrol, excise taxes. the government takes a chunk of that money. did it undo the economic recovery? there are real fears...

Hypocritical. nbc news was handed the drone memo by somebody. and it reported the story. good for them. but has analysis by nbc commentators reflected drone disdain at the level of waterboarding disdain? not even close. summing up on the issue of hard measures against terrorists, the right has been consistent. the left hypocritical flag to howard kurtz, learn it, know it, live it. with the the apologies to fast times at ring month high. that's the memo. now for' to the top story tonight. president obama will deliver the state of the union ar dress after the factor ends tomorrow night 8.55 east...

It is only fair. protesters and politicians agree, wages should be higher. >> it is a fairness issue. >> for years, america's minimum wage was $5.15 an hour. last year congress raised it to $7.25. 14 states have gone further. washington state $8.55 an hour. progressives say it should be higher. >> absolutely. >> what would that be? >> about $9.00 an hour. >> nice idea. >> economist russ roberts points outsetting minimums has unintended consequences. >> first reaction is, great i get a raise, fantastic, i'm going to be able to buy this and that and take care of my kids. >> that's the seen benef...