the brandt was not quite as well known. california had a very growing population.pportunities for the business was really back in the west coast during those years. they collected to pull back and focus on the west and, at this point, we now see the land scape a little differently and we are very excited and open to several stores in texas this year, as well as oklahoma. they are doing terrific. liz: these are the lucky states florida, georgia, pennsylvania and maryland. how did you choose those four states? >> we actually started in texas this year. two in dallas and two in houston and one in san antonio. liz: i am talking east coast. i am a california girl. it is unbelievable how everyone there knows their favorite ones. i know everyone talks about how the bordeaux is the favorite. that is not mine. my favorite is the milk chocolate covered caramel. i would leave 50,000 of them if they were put in front of me. the unit hurdle is, of course, warren buffett's favorite. >> the product just felt like hot cakes in those locations. they will do very well with stores in

louie brandt has raised $20,000 to help with gifts for the holidays.e uses the money to build bicycles them and donate them to the family resource center. last year he raised $17,000. he hopes to raise at least $23,000. >> still ahead tonight, creating 28 layers of fluffy cotton and behind the >>> we hear all the time how americans don't manufacture products anymore but we counseled a contradiction right in the backyard. we sent reporter wayne freedman searching for local examples and he found an item that everyone uses. >> on one of san francisco's proudest streets and oldest buildings, here is a name for you mattress company that survived despite being around longer than all of us. >> where in china do you make the mattresses? >> we're in china, i don't think so. >> third generation, her grandfather was a mattress equipment salesman for chicago who came to san francisco with his brother in 1898. if they were to visit the factory on minnesota street today, those brothers would be proud to see the company still going strong. >> the benefit of doing it

performing in front of other people and it could be the acoustics of the live venue, whether it is reverb brandtce like a cathedral r a little club in nashville .. it could be the finances of trying to be a musician, trying to be a composer and make a little of it and that narrows down and defines what you can reasonably do. you can have the same ambitions but they are going t going to k- they are going to get narrowed down at some point and you may keep those ambitions and achieve them some day, but there is going to be other factors that guide you, there is how you learned, how you learned music. >> rose: let me start with this idea you talk about the creative myth. right? >> uh-huh. >> rose: tell me about that. >> well, there is a very popular and very attractive idea that has been around for a very long time that composers, musicians artists in general that we have something very emotional. >> rose: right. >> that we have to get off our chests and that's where creativity comes from, that it is something that we just pours out and whatever, jack carowak's scroll just starts typing. >> rose: y

chuck schumer and kirstin gill brandt will have a lot of deductions for the states.hich is something they might not want. >> you have been very, very critical of congress, right? let me bring up some words you used. and you're sticking with that or are you at least a little bit encouraged by compromises that are coming to the table today? >> i think there is a the dysfunction with the white house. you know the president had to artificially insert himself because he is not in the mix. firsthanding the ball off to harry reid. when harry reid couldn't get anywhere. he handed it off to joe biden. i think this is not a congress that distinguished itself. in particular, the united states senate which hasn't passed a budge net how many years now? so i think the house at least has done its job. it has passed an alternative for example for the sequester cuts. it did come up with a plan to avert the tax increases across the brd? the senate has really done nothing. and it is amazing to me that people would ask for their jobs back. when they haven't been able to do their jobs in

. >> rose: also a great at looking at some kind of effort to find a central brandt to, to fix the economic. >> and he is a great problem solver and it is interesting to see if jeb bush who is is also a very conservative problem solver, pragmatist, can overcome the bush name the next time around as well. you have got some figures out there, many of them governors who are attractive. >> rose: i saw an article today that says the president cannot because of the overwhelming urgency of dealing with the economic problem will not have great, bold initiatives in his four years. >> i am not so sure about that and, you know, normally, i am skeptical of what can happen in second term president cities you rarely get a major narrative. with the natural gas boom you have a great opportunity to transform energy policy. there is an interesting new e book by reid hunt, former chairman of the sec and former head of the broadband initiative that suggests if we rebuild the power grid and rebuild the knowledge grid, with robust moves on the broadband area, you could have a real trance formation of the country

jon kyl, who told our john brandt, our senate producer there are signs of progress and he is hopefulill be able to come to the floor. moments ago we had senator mitch mcconnell, the to be senate republican walk in. he had spoken to the vice president last night after midnight. spoke to him again this morning at 6:30 in the morning. by those measures it certainly seems like there is a good pace, if you will, to discussions between the two key figures to the negotiations at this critical stage. bottom line, talks are ongoing. a lot of official channels have been pretty quiet about signs of progress but senator kyl in a candid moment he does hear there is progress. and they are hopeful, hopeful, we will get a deal at some point and perhaps bring it to the floor. heather? heather: mike, i want to ask you in terms of all the time changes, do they still look to reconvene at 11:00? is that the latest you've heard? >> reporter: that is the latest we are hearing. they will be back on the floor at 11:00 a.m.. we should get some comments at that point from the relevant senate leaders, mcconnell

patti ann: a brandt ne brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." brown for martha maccallum. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett for bill hemmer. automatic tax hikes and spending cuts will be kicking in unless a deal is reached. how long the economy can sustain the one-two punch is anybody's question. patti ann: joining us now is steve moore from the "wall street journal." hopefully he can give us some answers. good morning, steve. what is the most immediate impact in we go over the cliff? >> we are talking about january 2nd taxing rising on over a hundred million americans. this is a big sock to the wallet of americans of every income group. let's just talk about the middle class for a minute. for those earning about 45 to 75,000 a year they are looking at paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $2,500 a year more in taxes. it's not just the warn buffets and bill gates that will be hit by tax increases. the other part of the cliff that we don't talk that much about is the automatic spending cuts would take effect starting on january 2nd, an 8% reduction in m

brandt things like building inspection and regulation and a lot of those areas, you can reduce friction between government and citizens, which can -- we know what an hour of someone's time is worth. the math is pretty easy, but i have not seen the government trying to systemically deal with that. >> the ocd has done some cross- comparative studies. >> i had to get my driver's license a month ago, and i went there the day before it expired, and started to count the number of people and the average weight and ascribe $10 an hour to their time, and i got to a large number quickly. i guarantee you maryland dmv does not count the wasted time and the value of the maryland citizen, nor do i think the federal or other states do that. >> there are some agencies that calculate that. irs does that, and when they do their customer services, this administration took and went further with customer satisfaction rates, so the time spent in line, where things are transactional, like our irs, where you call to get forms, they have that quantified. you have labor that has that quantify, social security ad