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a very good monday morning and happy st. patrick's day, everyone. it is monday, march 17, 2014. this is "the daily rundown," i'm kristin welker in for chuck todd. we want to start with the massive search for flight 370 that's turned into a major criminal investigation. 26 countries, including the u.s. are now involved in the unprecedented search for the passenger jet that left kuala lumpur and then vanished a few hours later with 239 passengers and crew on board. search planes and ships are now looking for any signs of the plane across more than 3200 miles away from the plane's last ...

President obama go in dealing with congress? the article goes on to say, his address will reveal whether obama is serious about testing the limits of his executive powers, or content with using them as a threat. and joining me live, politico's chief political columnist roger simon. roger, how do you answer that? is the president prepared to go to the limit? >> i think he is. i think he's already done executive actions before. he did some on immigration. he did a small amount on guns. but i expect his speech tonight to pressure republicans in a different way than just threatening executive acti...

Sorry. >> no, he's got to tell them, look, we've got obamacare. it's not perfect. it's working better every day. it protects you -- it will save you money. but if you elect a republican senate along with a republican house, that's going to go away. a lot of stuff is going to get repealed. you know, there's nothing i'm going to be able to do for you. and i think it's going to be a more partisan state of the union speech than many are expecting for that reason. >> and that's an interesting point you make, because we know that right now there are four republican responses, roger. the official is ...

less than seven hours until president obama delivers his fifth state of the union address, in what could be his final chance to set the agend for what he wants to accomplish in his final years. one official tells "the hill," he has one shot here, and he can't afford to miss it. the question, the big one, anyway, now is how far will the president go? we're learning the president will announce an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal workers on new government contracts to $10.10 an hour. he will also call on congress to do their part and raise the federal minimum wage f...

Saying america needs a white american president. he said admit it, you want a white american president, it doesn't make you racist, it just makes you american. okay, joe. but he holds this up like it is an example of how everyone other than roger sees, sees this government shutdown, the fight we're seeing in washington. >> well, that is what is so bizarre and absurd. when you talk about the leftist bullying, the left castigating everyone who disagrees with them as people who hate blacks and latinos and jews, this is what the left does, attacking character as opposed to winning on the merit. th...