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city advantage. why is that? guest: starwood american express card is also awesome. you want to accrue points that are flexible.king into one specific -- betty: can we break it down to how much you would get? guest: you get 40,000 points which is $500 in airfare or you can transfer to partners like united. the real value in these points is transferring the partners. the fee is waived the first year. you're hitting $500 or more in value and the fee is waived. betty: united is going to be changing the way they calculate rewards. guest: delta and united this year. instead of how far you fly, it is how much you spend. march 1 is the date for united. betty: is that going to impact their -- how big -- guest: business travelers may see more miles accrued. leisure travelers will likely see a big crunch across the lord -- across the board. betty: brian kelly. thank you. shane smith was not afraid to spend dough. my employees are up in arms over his $300,000 feast. ♪ betty: world news headlines this morning. the u.s. is not at war with islam, but those with perverted islam. that is what president obama told representativ

expressions. black history is a time of rejoyousing and celebrating and thanking those african americans who have contributed so much to our country and our city. black history month is a time we should stand and be able to be reminded about what it is to be an american. so with that, i would like to welcome you all to the people's chamber as we begin to celebrate today's black history celebration. i would like to also call your attention to today's theme being living black history. it's important to note that in many ways we are still forging forward in uncharted territory. the next person i would like to bring up is al williams. is mr. al williams here? thank you. al williams is the executive director of the african american historical society. and the next voice you will here, of course, will be our president. >> thank you supervisor cohen, madam president, members of the board. as supervisor cohen indicated i'm the president of the african american cultural society. i appreciate the opportunity to be here with you today. i wanted to share a couple things about the theme for black history month. as supervisor cohen suggested, the national t

americans could feel it. today, the siberian express brought the kind of cold that makes tears run from your eyes and freeze on your face. in at least 75 cities, it was the coldest february 20 on record. 2 degrees in new york, 2 in philadelphia and far south in plant city florida, 32. there have been at least 26 deaths so far. this is a shot of lower manhattan with the hudson river on the left being shot by our friends at cbs 2 with their helicopter, and right down there in that boat stuck in the ice is our own vinita nair on the hudson between new york and new jersey. vinita. >> reporter: that's right, scott. commuters are not only battling those record lows here on the hudson river. they're also battling these huge chunks of ice that you can see behind me. the port authority tells us that for the past two weeks or so they have been sending tug boats out ahead of the ferries just to break up some of the ice but this is even bad compared to some parts of the country. here at niagra, tourists have been rushing to see the now-legendary frozen falls. >> everybody said it was frozen so i had to see for myself. you see how it is. it's beautiful. >

american express. >> best buy now is starting a wedding registry service according to the minute anally -- the minneapolis star tribune. >>> new york cityurry is in high demand after being the leading vote getter for the all-star game and will start off in the shooting stars challenge with his dad and sue bird and then he and clay thompson will participate in the three-point contest starring together for the weapon conference all-stalls on sunday. he gave robin problem as preview this morning. >> give us a matchup. >> crazy. obviously a lot injuries. i like the west. obviously. that is who i am playing for. we can take them down and have a good time at madison square garden. >> the west of althoughs you see the entire interview with robin roberts on "good morning america" in a few minutes at 7:00. stay put. >>> our sports director will be in new york for all of the all-star action. much with the reports starting tonight at 11 o'clock right here. i asked if he needed someone to carry his bags but he said "no." >> you always need someone to carry your bags especially on an assignment like that! >> here in the bay area? a very warm weekend

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american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. >> this week's your biz selfie comes from on sip a cloud based phone system company headquartered right here in new york city and if you can see they've got a bunch of their people in there. thank you for sending that. if you want to see your selfie on the show send a shelfee of you and your business and add the #your biz selfie. tweet it to us at msnbc your biz or e-mail it to your business @msnbc.com. please don't forget to tell us your name your city, and of course the name of your company. >>> today's elevator pitcher was sitting in a massage chair while getting a pedicure and thought if only she could create a tool to recreate the benefits of the chair. well, she did. and let's see what our panel thinks of her idea. joining us today is the founder and ceo of broten hotels larry broten. and business strategist chris brogan. >> hi gentlemen. did you know that today sitting is as bad as smoking according to mayo clinic cleveland clinic and harvard? that the average american is sitting ten hours a day plus sitting hunched over tech devices? i created the body works ball in an attempt to help counter the ill

american and british organizations are investigating the youth in in yemen against them. all lies. >> anti-houthi protests are spreading across the country. in the city of ibb many gather in the main square to express their solidarity with president hadi who was recently forced to resign. last week shia houthies dissolved parliament and said they would run the country on their own for a period of two years until elections are held. the coup was denounced by the international community. the u.n. is renewing efforts to bring the factions together, including calling for new powers for its envoy. many countries have evacuated their embassies in the capitol of sanaa including the usa which has been actively engaged in drone attacks against al-qaeda in yemen. >> we do not coordinate anything with the united states when it comes to these reports about their airstrikes in yemen. we only coordinate with the yemeni army. we reject the u.s. involvement in our internal affairs and the interference forces some to give support to these terrorist ever groups. >> you al jazeera,. >> mohammed, a former adviser to three of yemen's past advisers. good to have you with us. let's talk about the two main issues. the vio

american express, bank of america, and others. when it comes to fighting hacking and cyber crimes which are way out. we'll send it back to you in texas, though for now. >> >>. >> all do the citiesvely. number one was san diego. number two, was austin san antonio. that metro area has actually done -- free scale semiconductor. thank you very much. a lot her here on power lunch. five analyst calls that you need to know about. we've got a houston reporter to talk more about what the city is feeling with what the moods are rsh i know it's warm and we're in galveston, and mardi gras this weekend, and we can see doll fenz. the dolphins have come out for power lunch. that's all you need to know. back after this. [ female announcer ] who are we? we are the thinkers. the job jugglers. the up all-nighters. and the ones who turn ideas into action. we've made our passions our life's work. we strive for the moments where we can say, "i did it!" ♪ ♪ we are entrepreneurs who started it all... with a signature. legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses, turning dreamers into business owners. and we're here to help start yours. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we know in the cy

american ground troops would be involved and think would dislodge isis from the city of mosul, which is the sighsisis capitol. when i've been speaking to many military official, retired and current, they're expressing lot of doubts. how are you going to do this why are you announcing it ahead of time what happens to the city of mosul? it's very likely they say that isis will keep the people in the city as human shields and that there could be an enormous number of casualties. there are doubts the iraqi army is ready, doubts the kurdish forces are willing to work with the iraqi army. i'm hearing a lot of skepticism about this. can the u.s. military force the iraqi military to get in their jeeps and go to mosul? yes. but then what and what happens to the city? >> bill neely, it almost sounds like variation of the shock and awe approach except shock and awe by words and not bombs. isis does not seem to be the type of fighting outfit that would dissolve in the night. may we see perhaps a long-running siege through the summer? >> yes. i mean the u.s. strategy the western strategy against isis really is a, far from clear and its success is far from clear. clearly kobani was a success. the last time i was