what's your response to robert reich? y thireich? >> this is more robert reich nonsense.t one thing. the more money consumers have the more they will spend to contribute to the economy. yes, but they have to have a job first. he is dead wrong when he says, ceos and stockholders don't create jobs. who takes the risks? the ceo, the stockholders. who makes the investment, stockholders and ceos. who makes the decision to expand the business to create more jobs? stockholders as well as ceos. robert reich is creating hopefully another distraction tactic by talking about this phony income inequality issue because the facts don't bear it out, just like that phony war on women issue that they tried to use during the last election. this is more robert reich nonsense. stuart: i like the way you go at it, herman. this week marks the fifth time that the obama administration will release regulations on the eve of a holiday. 3,000, 415 regulations. quick comment on that if you have time go. >> the reason they do it just before holiday. they hope people aren't paying attention. a lot of

. >> strong words from former labor secretary robert reich on the money in politics. >>> you have to look at him and say you're not. >> the truth may hurt, but the gm and the new coach say the warriors aren't afraid to deliver it. they team up for a candid courtside interview just ahead. >>> and two bay area city, two new mayors. what does the future hold for oakland in san jose? "the mix" starts right now. >>> hello, welcome to "the mix." i'm janet riley. the campaigning is over and the votes are counted and now the hard work really begins. what changes are in store for the bay area and what does it mean for those of us who live here? medically and da jackson, associate professor of political science at san jose state is here with us. melinda, thank you so much. >> happy to be here, thanks. >> let's start right here with the 17th congressional district. mike honda, seven-term incumbent held on to his seat. ro khanna tried to take it away from him. lots of tech support. did ro pick the wrong guy to go after, no rationale to get rid of honda? >> it is very hard to unseat an incumbent,

. >> robert reich, mitch mcconnell himself used to vote for increases in the minimum wage in the senatebama's point? to transfer the minimum wage energy in the states to translate into the federal legislation? >> i think that's right. it's one thing, with all due respect to mayor murray in seattle and san francisco, it's one thing if seattle and san francisco go for a higher minimum wage, but when you get alaska and arkansas and south dakota and nebraska going for a higher minimum wage, you know that something is going on in this country. >> mayor murray, it seems that this argument doesn't change. the dynamics of it don't change. this empirical evidence down the road, we raise the minimum wage to $15, here's what happened to our economy, the neighboring economies. here's what happened to unemployment and job migration. will those kind of studies be available for what's happening in seattle? >> i think they're available now. >> it's a model that's destr destroying the middle class. it's making it hard for people to get a higher education. those kids are not getting the jobs that we need

. >> reporter: former labor secretary robert reich is supporting a 1% tax on sugary drinks called measures time to encourage healthier choices. >> diabetes comes from sugary soft drinks and obesity is a huge public health crisis. it's costing our nation a gigantic amount of money. >> reporter: medical costs for treat obesity have soared to $190 billion a year, according to a recent study. but attempts to tax sugary drinks have failed in more than 30 jurisdictions across the country. the no on "d" campaign backed by the soda industry wants it to fail here, too. you think it's confusing? >> absolutely confusing. >> reporter: no on "d's" roger salazar says the law is filled with loopholes and will raise grocery prices. beverage companies have responded big, pouring $2.3 million into their campaign of outspending their opponents 7 to 1. >> we don't feel, you know, at the end of the day, the voters will stand for it. >> reporter: tax proponents believe there will be a similar measure in san francisco, but things could be different in berkeley, the first city to ban styrofoam. the measure only

. >> strong words from former labor secretary robert reich on the money in politics. >>> you have to> the truth may hurt, but the gm and the new coach say the warriors aren't afraid to deliver it. they team up for a candid courtside interview just ahead. >>> and two bay area city, two new mayors. what does the future hold for oakland in san jose? "the mix" starts right now. >>> hello, welcome to "the mix." i'm janet riley. the campaigning is over and the votes are counted and now the hard work really begins. what changes are in store for the bay area and what does it

market later this morning, robert reich felt on the nasdaq in the eight mam our -- robert wright felleding, everyone. bloomberg surveillance, and i'm tom keene and with me scarlet fu and brendan greeley. fascinating headlines this morning. >> away from the midterms, let's start with ali baba. they are doing fine. sprint is the problem. to -- k is unable for dish network ceo, what is the next move? touting plans for an upcoming internet television service. he's also talked about possibly acquiring more assets. such as t-mobile. if you thought you saw a lot of -- a lotnd princesses of frozen princesses, wait until christmas. disney was caught unaware by the movie's popularity. not this time. it is doubling the items in stores. >> do you let your daughter sleep with the whigs on neck of >> we don't have those costumes. i witnessed this at a bus stop. -- it's a code. who do you identify with? i am more of an anna guy myself. i still haven't watched the movie, so i have no clue. >> tom and i could see the whole thing to you from memory. and the democrats should be singing "let it go, let it

robert e. lee is fascinating >> host: the rise and fall of the of third reich t-bond a huge success. that which is back in the days of the tribune a very nice man. and a typical book publisher. simon gave him a job when nobody else would. over madison avenue as well. and joe got the book during a the mccarthy years and it was originally called his mother's nightmare. this subtitle was the fall of the third reich. it had a jacket that the title was spelled out but had 30,001st printing nobody read it. i gave the timing from the gallery. and i said you have to read this book is better than anybody thinks. he came back and said you are right to approach it in a whole different way and the advertising director came up to put the subtitle as the title of the book in to do a black jacket with the swastika. nobody at that time ever put the swastika on the cover of a book let alone simon & schuster. you can imagine. so much fear and dislike and discussed in the book went on had a first printing at 20,000 copies probably one of the most successful books in the history of cyberdash schuster. m

robert e. lee is fascinating >> host: the rise and fall of the of third reich t-bond a huge success.h is back in the days of the tribune a very nice man. and a typical book publisher. simon gave him a job when nobody else would. over madison avenue as well. and joe got the book during a the mccarthy years and it was originally called his mother's nightmare. this subtitle was the fall of the third reich. it had a jacket that the title was spelled out but had 30,001st printing nobody read it. i gave the timing from the gallery. and i said you have to read this book is better than anybody thinks. he came back and said you are right to approach it in a whole different way and the advertising director came up to put the subtitle as the title of the book in to do a black jacket with the swastika. nobody at that time ever put the swastika on the cover of a book let alone simon & schuster. you can imagine. so much fear and dislike and discussed in the book went on had a first printing at 20,000 copies probably one of the most successful books in the history of cyberdash schuster. millions of

robert event lee is fascinating. >> host: the rise and fall of the third reich.. >> guest: huge successful came in to joe barnes who was a former new york herald tribune in those days, war correspondent. very nice day. savaged during the mccarthy years and, again, typical of book plushing, dick simon gave him a job when nobody else would. and joe got shire's book. shire's himself had been savaged during the mccarthy years and was unemployable. it was originally called hitler's nightmare empire, and the subtitle was the rise and fall of the third reich. and it had a red jacket in which the title was spelled out in barbed wire. and it was put down for something like a 3500-copy first printing, and nobody had read it. and i remember reading it in galley and showing it to my mentor who was then bob gottlieb, who later became editor of the new yorker and editor of -- [inaudible] and a are stunning, successful publishing figure. and saying, bob, i know it's not your kind of thing, but you have to read this book because it really is much better than anybody here thinks.