john: i'm john heilemann. mark: and i'm mark halperin, and we think that obama is following what teddy roosevelt was talking about with a bigger stick. ♪ john: and the governor of oregon resigned from his position because of his fiancee, but that is 3000 miles away from washington. the question we are starting

with today is what they republicans will do for president. today in south florida, we also find jeb bush canceling a press conference, but he did talk to reporters and he told our colleagues that, “my wife is my inspiration and she is my soul mate. she helps me keep sane, and during a campaign i can't do anything without her.” obviously someone very important to jeb bush, but many americans have never heard her voice. she did not talk today. let's hear her say something she said a little while ago. >> columba bush: [speaking spanish] >> as far as we know, she has not done any public events cents jeb bush has considered running for president. mark: some of the other candidates are a lot more active. here is kelley paul. wife of rand paul. >> kelley paul: real change and taking on the establishment is

hard, and that is why so few people in government actually do anything. rand always fights for the principles that he believes in. mark: so kelley has a book that is coming out and she is pretty active politically. most of the spouses of the 2016 candidates are like jeb bush's wife, you don't see them. so which one, based on what you know about, have the potential to either be helpful or harmful to the candidates? john: i, like most americans don't know very many of these spouses, just at the first cut. columba bush is a compelling candidate, she was born in mexico, she could be as big an asset as any spouse in either party, but we just don't know. mark: when one candidate ran into some turbulence, he did not

have his spouse to stand by and validate. i think one of the biggest questions of the cycle is went and how we hear from mrs. bush. mrs. christie has something of a profile, mrs. cruise isn't something of a bright person but we have not heard mrs. walker. i could not pick her out of a lineup. and we don't know who can help or hurt, but i think all of them are not afraid, very cautious. >> mark: kelley paul is the first that we heard of, but she is one that is not always an asset when there is strategy meetings. that is true of either sex. they could get in the way so we need to watch out for that. john: we shouldn't say there is another exception and that is karen santorum, and she is a big asset.

john: another person who could be a huge asset and a huge liability is bill clinton. maybe the biggest asset in the world, but he could also really be a problem. mark: i think it is safe to say that there is not one of those smart republican spouses who would not be as good of a candidate at strategist roles as hillary clinton. john: and scott walker will be making the rounds in gotham next week, and there is no doubt that jeb bush has the inside track when it comes to fundraising here in new york, so my question to you is, how much risk does walker pose to christie in terms of money? mark: a big risk, bad luck for chris christie. he had his vaccine controversy on the london trip, and a general feeling that he has taken off with a bad start, just at the moment where scott walker had a great showing in our iowa poll and our new hampshire poll. the bush people say the same

thing, walker is getting a look from people now, and even if they don't know him, they know him as a successful midwestern governor. john: and here is another thing about chris christie, he is great at raising money and he knows where the donors are, but people don't understand the hate -- pay to play problem. he can't raise a lot of money on wall street and this is part of the reason, you will recall, regarding mitt romney, and i actually think that is an underappreciated problem for christie in terms of his fund-raising. mark: i do think, look, there is a major donor class than there has been in a while, and christie is going to get his share, walker is going to get his share, and bush is going to blow everyone away. walker is going to be in new york city next week to try to become the establishment money class alternative. he also has the koch brothers

in his popping. john: and those who were involved in this walker stuff, they believe in this generational thing, just like with mitt romney, they are ready for a new, fresh face, and they like that he is gotten good and not part of the old thing, that is not going to stop jeb bush from raising a lot of money, but there is a class of money that is going to back walker. they look at marco rubio for that reason, too. mark: but we cannot emphasize enough how good jeb bush is at raising money. the difference between walker and christie is multiple millions, so the difference between walker and christie and bush is tens of millions. john: as you know, there is only so much money you can spend in iowa. there is enough. if you have enough money to take

iowa, you don't need $200 million. mark: but to be able to go on the air in the summer -- john: all i am saying is that scott walker needs to win iowa. if he makes a certain nut, it doesn't matter if you beats jeb bush. john: go ahead, put it on. james carville: what's going on? [laughter] mark: wunderbar! obama made a video for buzzfeed. he used a selfie stick and had people outraged. fox news was outraged. host: so on the very day that kayla mueller is confirmed to be dead at the hands of terrorism how did the president respond?

the president says "yolo, man," and for those people who don't know what "yolo" mean, it means, "you only live once." do you know who is not alive now? kayla mueller. anchor: the president can multitask, but is this the kind of message that he can send at this important time? mark: good idea or bad idea? john: it is a fantastic video for him to make at this time. the white house wants to talk to millenial's, they want them to sign up for the aca, they did exactly what they wanted to do. this doesn't amount to a hill of beans, >> mark: the outrage for people who could go back in history and look at republican candidates, they did not make goofy videos but they did plenty of recreational things and casual things and attended benefits.

john: if they are not even actually upset, they are just talking. david carr died in “the new york times" newsroom. he was 58 years old, but packed more into those years than we could manage. anyone who knew david, as we both did, knew him in their own way, and those who did not know him, got a sense in page one at "the new york times," especially when he confronts shane smith of "vice." david carr: i arrived in new york late in life, and the chip that was planted in my mind, let's just call it "the new york times" “inception” really helped me.

the drug addiction that i suffered in my 20's and 30's, leading to jail for cocaine possession, raising two children as a single parent, and eventually ending up at “the new york times,” i know what it is like to come out on the other side when the odds are stacked against you. before you ever went there, we have had reporters there reporting on genocide, and just because you put on a [bleep] safari helmet does not give you a right to insult what we do. shane smith: i am just saying i'm not there to report, i'm just there to [indiscernible]. david carr: for those who work in media, it is not all sheet cakes and champagne, we feel like we are on the island of misfit toys.

like model trains with caboose is with square wheels john: mark, david carr just passed, obviously it was a shocking thing, he did have cancer, and this just came out of nowhere and people in the industry are kind of reeling from the loss. mark: this is a reporter, and not a public leader or a celebrity, but he really did touch on a lot of people in our business and out. one of the things is that david was bigger than life, and he talked to these larger-than-life people, and they are usually big people, but david was not a big person, but he was so charismatic in what he wrote about. our business is seen as insider, but really, he wrote about our business in a bigger way. john: he had three things that were marked to me, he had a no

bull attitude, everything he wrote, it sounded like him and that is why he became such a brand, and he was so grateful court where he was, and to land at “the new york times” where he always wanted to be. and he also became the face of the paper, he was just so happy to do what he was doing, and he had a joy mixed with skepticism and everything else, it made him larger-than-life and bigger than the page. mark: we will miss him. coming up, anthony weiner is talking about hillary clinton and why he is sticking it to some people these days. ♪

john: our guest tonight is anthony weiner.

talk about your borough and my borough, and talk about that. anthony: i wept myself to sleep last night about it. the convention in 2004 was not that great for new york. we arrested gaggles of people but i understand why de blasio did it, he has this notion that he wants to be a spokesman for the person, a party guy, and it is not the end of the world. i think for our nominee new york is not the best place in the world, we don't need it, and we are not that kind of city, so i am not that broken up about it. mark: right now, who do you see as a possible likely republican nominee? who is any group for anthony weiner of people that can't be nominated? anthony: there are really two brackets, there is the one who will inherit the nominee -- the romney vote and then you have the wackadoo wing, the rand

paul types. look, mitt romney took eight months to vanquish those guys, it took him forever. mark: who could be nominated right now? who would you put on the list? anthony: i can't get into the skin of the caucus voters, and i assume it they have an identity crisis. i don't see any reason why rand paul can't be nominated, and if you're going to try to get millennials off of the sidelines and get them around libertarian views on pot, it might not be the bad way to go. mark: and technology. anthony: and the weird fashion and that he wears. john: among the ones that we know, which of them to you think would be the toughest opponents to the presumptive democratic nominee, hillary rodham clinton? anthony: i mentioned rand paul because i think there is some

genius and potential to this idea that appeals to this whole group of people that are on the sidelines. for too long we have had this basic voting block of 40% democrat and 40% republican, but if someone is going to grow that millennial group, maybe rand paul is finding a way to do it. it would be tough to figure that out when you have a lot of candidates who are now going to be adapting to the new roadmap of gay marriage, cuba, marijuana, things that for years they have been saying no to and now they have to say yes to. mark: what about jeb bush, he's the one that most clinton people are worried about. is that accurate? anthony: i am not sure how it is going to work because i think it depends on how jeb bush will position himself vis-a-vis his brother. he is not a big figure.

the real interesting thing -- mark: lying about it? anthony: lying about the information to get us into the war in iraq, so i do have a lot of respect for the bush and clinton families, and i think they are sincere, but i don't think that honestly any republican that you could say recently could be off the board for the democrats, so -- john: let's talk about hillary you are a member of the family by marriage in some ways. anthony: i am a member of the family in terms of being that guy in the corner of the room. [laughter] john: what you think she is going to do to get into the race and what are the pros and cons of earlier verses later? anthony: i understand we have to talk about stuff, and i know

that we're in to talk about it right now, but honestly, what difference does it make? there are all kinds of things you have to report and things like that, and jumping in early means you have to step on when there is this fracture going in the republican party, but if you wait too long, you pose a problem for people who might want to run, but this kind of stuff, this is really -- john: as long as it is not taking up a million cycles with hillary. anthony: viewers on a bloomberg are making big investments on this conversation. i don't diminish it, and you guys are setting the tone for this conversation, but i don't know if it makes that much difference. what do i know? mark: last 48 hours, you got into a little bit of a back-and-forth with the governor, which should be noted had been started by the governor, what is driving the back-and-forth on twitter between you and the governor? anthony: i am in the media now and -- john: you have always been in the media. [laughter]

anthony: let's face it, governor cuomo has had some tough times . he basically ran a non-primary primary were he ducked someone he should not have ducked and i wrote about that, he has been for some reason getting roughed up in the media, as he should, for pummeling the mayor of our city, who is just trying to govern. and he closes our subways when somebody sneezes hard. but to be honest with you, the most interesting thing about the twitter back-and-forth is that he clearly has a professional spokesman, which is mind-boggling to me that he is actually getting help with this stuff. [laughter] but all that being said, i am somewhat critical of him, but there are some things that he has done that i like a lot, like we finally have a train going to laguardia, for example. mark: why do you think they came back at you? anthony: they might want to try

to change the conversation because they are probably trying to duck subpoenas right now. mark: you invoked in one of your tweets the notion that there is a sense of they interfered with investigations, do you think the governor right now is at some peril with the u.s. attorney? anthony: it is very interesting, in my weekly appearance on "new york 1," i say that i think that they have gone way overboard. it was a joke, that is what we do, we joke, and one time there was this talk that if it is too hot, felix, stay out of hell's kitchen, so it was a joke. john: felix, felix, felix! i could kill you. we could keep this talking about this feud all day, anthony

. anthony weiner, you are awesome thank you for coming in. after the break, we have our week in review. with all due reflect. we will be right back. ♪

john: so mark, what is going on? mark: hey john, i was just thinking about what a great week it has been here at bloomberg politics. we sure cooked up a lot of great stuff. there was that time that kanye tried to steal our show. john: that time we took hillary to brooklyn. hillary: throw a beanie on there you go. mark: that time we asked chief justice roy moore who he hangs out with.

moore: i have had many friends who are homosexual. john: that time we wrote a letter to lincoln. mark: that time we found that new job for jon stewart. mark: that time i almost killed john in the kitchen. hold still, you big baby. john: that time we covered the ukrainian parliament. john: that time we jumped the shark. mark: that time we stomped the senator. what is the best place if you are trying to win votes if you want to eat lebanese votes? guest: i knew you were going to ask me that, and i can't remember. john: that time that justice ginsburg went gangster. ginsberg: i didn't know about notorious b.i.g, then realized

we have one thing in common -- we were both born in brooklyn. john and mark: we will get you next time, david! ♪

>> jeb bush also had a press conference in florida, we talked about that earlier. he said he would not talk about national security and iraq and afghanistan in terms of past but rather the future. >> they like to talk about the future, those candidates. >> saieh very special goodbye. we are bringing you our friends on ll2, the bloomberg bakery

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>> hello, i am pimm fox and this is "taking stock" for friday, february 13, 2015. economic growth in europe accelerates and oil prices increase and u.s. stocks move higher. the s&p 500 rose to a record today -- closing half a percent to nearly 2100. president obama wants corporate america to better cooperate with the federal government in order to investigate and combat cyber threats. the president addressed an audience at stanford university which included leading executives from microsoft, google yahoo!, and facebook. >> there is only one way to defend america from the cyber threats and that is through government and industry working together, sharing appropriate information as true partners.