any laugh has to compare poorly to joe gibbs' giggle. that's the standard for me is joe gibbs' giggle. >> reporter: you guys are absolutely right. that's a good segue. we'll catch up with joe gibbs and doug williams here at the super bowl tomorrow. >>> let's turn or attention to golf. i promised yesterday i wouldn't talk about deer antiher spray again. unfortunately i lied. we have to talk about it for a minute. vijay singh has been taking deantler spray to help him heal from -- so he turned himself in, had no idea it contained a performance-enhancing drug. he withdrew from the phoenix open with a sore back. at the phoenix open, the biggest story was phil mickelson going low, and i mean very low in scottsdale. mickelson, unbelievable start at this golf tournament. he would start on the back nine, from beyond the cactus, his tee shot on the par 3 12th, from 205 yards away, a couple friendly bounces, pulls it right up next to the jar. that sets up a birdie. four straight to start the round for lefty. then on 14, to save par, check out how

it was the final game for hall of fame coach joe gibbs. tomorrow, the hope for the redskins is that with seattle on their homefield, the outcome will be a whole lot different. the seattle seahawks have won five straight. the skins, seven straight. but those streaks mean nothing now that post season play is under way. following a 3-6 record at the bye, redskins had no other chance but to win out and guarantee their first playoff appearance since 2007. they d

the final score was 35-14 and it was the final nfl game for head coach joe gibbs. the hope for the redskins was that with seattle on their home turf, the outcome will be different. the revved skins have not lost since november 4th. they have reeled off seven straight wins fueled by rookie running back alfred morris. the seahawks, they are hot, too, they have not suffered a lost since november 25th. they enter tomorrow's show down with a five-game running streak. players say, hey, we would choose being the hottest team, not necessarily the best. >> we have experienced it before and i have seen it happen year in and year out. that's the thing. whoever is the hottest, a lot of times,is the best team in the season we are hot right now but i that come to a screeching halt. momentum can be fleeting if we don't come out and play well and don't protect the ball. >> we want to be the hottest team. we want to be the team that's playing the best. there are teams that start best and end winning the division early, secure a playoff spot but, you know, if they have a week off or

in seattle's kingdome, joe gibbs on the skins sideline. jim zorn quarterbacking the seahawks, zorn doesn't like this, a shovel pass gone awry. tony madeira recovers, and the skins are in business. john riggins barrels around the end. skins up 7-0. second quarter and the skins open it up. the play fake to riggo catches the hawks all looking and frees up charlie brown. 64yards later skins on top. second half. zorn is kicking himself. plenty of time, but the pass is intercepted by vernon dean, one of his five picks on the year, another seahawk opportunity squauntered. >> washington kept the ball for an awfully long time. the opportunity were there, yet we didn't complete the pass or we dropped the ball. you put yourself in those sit wakes, and it gives a championship team like the redskins the tune to come back. >> no catching or containing rick "doc" walker. he uncharacteristically spikes it. skins win 27-17, but are still upset. >> we need to put them away. i have no love for these guys. they're a bunch of beeps, and they're excited. they c

. >> and play under joe gibbs. >> to be with those certain guys in the locker room like fred. and just a bunch of guys that we've all became real familiar with as individuals. and there's guys still on the team that had an opportunity to be a part of. it's just the building the atmosphere coming together working towards something which is kind of just not real can't really manufacture that in the workplace. >> good to see you again, khary. redskins and seattle on sunday. good insight from khary campbell. back over to you. >> thanks, dave. coming up next, time to put the holiday gift cards to use. when you can score great deals ahead. >> red and yellow lights are causing more green for the country. >> show you a view of sky fox. they are over breaking news. this scene in la urel maryland. a home is on fire. we know this is off of 198. the exact address is unclear. we're gathering more details and share them with you as soon as we get them. don't go away. we'll be right back . [ male announcer ] when your business is powered by verizon, you can do more business per second. and w

. >> one thing i want to play for everybody was robert gibbs appearing on "morning joe" talking about exactly that, the divide or the way people are classified in this town. take a listen. >> in this town we tend to want to look at things and put them in one of three boxes, you know, liberal, moderate, conservative, left, right, center. i think this was pragmatism versus ideology. >> so when we hear that pragmatism versus ideology, mark, i want to ask you about this because coming up, you know, obviously with increasing the debt limit and knowing that that vote is going to come tomorrow and that is going to happen and there's not going to be this big foot stomping and dragging people down to the last minute, the vice president had said that after this election, the fever would break. are we looking at the fact that there is a broken fever and maybe that is the first step, that both sides are going to be willing to work together not for the advancement of individual party but for the advancement of this country? >> well, i'm encouraged by that. i think we are seeing some pragmatism on

on "morning joe" today, senior obama campaign advisor robert gibbs suggested that getting meaningful legislation passed is going to be a long slog, but that the white house has talked about getting his election apparatus involved in this fight. let's listen. >> the president has the most exciting campaign apparatus ever built. it's time to turn that loose. it's time to turn that loose for something more than just an election, right? if the nra's got a list, then obama for america has a bigger list and it is time to get activated again. >> so susan, he's surrounding himself with kids today, new winewtown families are going to be here, very powerful image. he still has the inaugural address, the state of the union. how much is the white house going to depend on public pressure swaying congress to get some of this passed? >> well, i think that the president will do some things by executive action, that will maybe not go as far as some gun control advocates like but i am not convinced this will be the health care initiative of his second term. i think immigration is more likely, comprehe

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joining the set along with me, willie and joe as well, former white house press secretary, robert gibbs. gibby, good to see you. good to have you on board. let's get right to the news. this morning president obama is slated to unveil a sweeping list of proposals aimed at reducing gun violence. it's part of a package put together by vice president joe biden and his white house task force. senior administration officials tell nbc news the biggest proposals will include universal background checks and a ban on high-capacity magazines. that's anything that carries more than ten rounds of ammunition. the president's also expected to ask congress to reinstate the assault weapons ban. as for possible executive orders, the president is expected to seek aggressive prosecution for those who break existing laws. for example, people who lie during background checks. the white house says the president will be joined by children from around the country who wrote letters to him following the newtown shootings. we're about to show, joe, because i still can't believe it, the ad that the nra has put out

i was watching morning joe. hope i can say that. >> stephanie: it's ok. >> caller: robert gibbs was on and he said some really interesting things. i don't know if he said this but it was on there that the president -- excuse me, i'm sick too has 19 executive orders on his desk. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: not that he's going to enact them all but that's part of what joe biden did. and also he said that -- he said that if you have a policeman at a school, they would have a pistol. they wouldn't even have a glock. i don't know what that is but they wouldn't have one. you know what policemen use. all a shooter would have to do is get across the street with an assault weapon and shoot him. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: then come in the school. right? so what protection is that against an assault weapon? >> stephanie: yep. you know, it's interesting. she was talking about so and so is a hunter. i heard ed schultz say, he's a hunter. he said that last night. everybody knows i've been a hunter. i'm sick of having

stephanie cutter, robert gibbs and david axelrod. a team that has now won two big races. although the republicans note campaign style pressure on the moderate democrats like saturday joe manchin over gun control may not play well in red states like west virginia. >> they found this for example in the battle over healthcare where they took the people they had in 2008 and found it difficult to motivate them on behalf of the healthcare initiative. >> the president begins his second term with 47% of the country approving of his job performance in a new fox poll. 18 points lower than four years ago. the public appears frustrated about the fiscal cliff deal. when asked whether their paycheck is smaller this year because more taxes are being taken out, 60% said yes. only 25% no. >> shovel ready was nots shovel ready as we expected. >> now comes word the president's job council, business and labor leaders tasked with helping the deal with stubbornly high unemployment has not had an official meeting in the full year. white house officials note the president has had plenty of other