carly fiorina joining us. up next "on the money," what tomorrow's business leaders are thinking as they approach graduation day. i'll talk >>> when you think of your life, about things 10, 20, 50 years. and i will remember what i did this two years. >> from the class of 2013, we brought together five masters of business administration candidates from four different universities for discussion at the nyu stern school of business. their degree can cost between 100,000 and $200,000, and all of them, twin brothers daniel and andres, proud texan clayton, and entrepreneurs jennifer and hillary took a break from their careers to attend school full-time. the post graduation unemployment rate for mbas is 4%. is there more confidence in the part of students today as they look toward graduation about the economic landscape? >> there is less nervousness, but people are more focusing on what they want, what they feel like will fulfill them as they step back out into the marketplace. i actually came to business school from

joining me now is carly fiorina, she was ceo of hewlett-packard from 1995 to 2009.d to have you on the program. welcome. >> thank you very much for having me, maria. good to be with you. >> the ceos answering the questions of senators. what was your take on those hearings? >> unfortunately, i think it is misplaced political theater. look, i don't blindly defend business. business sometimes does the wrong thing. there's no question, for example that wall street helped create the financial crisis along with freddie mae and freddie mac and i've been public with you among others, maria, when boards should be held accountable, but in this case, everybody agrees that our tax code is uncompetitive in its rate, it's counterproductive in its complexity and there's bipartisan agreement on that and yet no one in washington is working on reforming the tack code. instead they're engaging in political theater. they're berating a ceo of one of the world's most important and most valuable companies who has been doing what with a ceo is supposed to do which is take his business to c

hillary rosen, carly fiorina, in totally unnecessary news, we now know what president obama wore to hisn 1979. "time" magazine obtained these photos exclusively. congratulations time. let's hear your grade on the white jacket. thoughts? >> well, i actually think he looks pretty adorable in this picture i must say. i profoundly disagree with him on many things but this is a great picture of a very handsome young man. >> all right. somewhere ricardo montoban wants his suit back. "the lead" continues next. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. and that means...fish on! symbicort is for copd including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your docto

strongly for the first time, when we picked our first number one most powerful woman, who was carly fiorinahe hp was hiring to head that company. and there began the talk about using the full population instead of half the population to run corporate america. >> now, buffett told you he doesn't discriminate when it comes to hiring. i want to listen to what he said about that. >> it doesn't make any difference. their age doesn't really make any difference to us. their sex doesn't make any difference to us. their educational background doesn't. i mean, in the end, we need to come up with the best person to run. because talent is scarce. >> i hear that all the time. talent is scarce. i don't care. i want the star performer. so why are women still underrepresented in the top leadership roles? >> well, there are 21 female fortune 500 ceos. that's pretty pathetic. it's a little over 4%. why is that? i actually share the sheryl sandberg point of view, which is that women think of power differently. it's not so much about climbing the ladder. it's about having broad influence. and we make other cho

i'll be heading down there right after the show to join admiral mullen and governor o'malley and carly fiorina for a conversation about education. thanks very much to you, chris cillizza, kelly o'donnell, count those votes, we'll talk to you later. >> we'll let you know how it turns out. >>> turning to boston. people who were injured in the boston marathon bombing are learning about how the millions of dollars raised in the aftermath are going to be distributed in a town hall meeting this morning, one fund boston administrator ken feinberg who we interviewed about this last week said the highest payments will go to people with the most severe injuries and obviously to those who lost lives, the families of those who lost lives. nearly $30 million in pledges and donations have come in so far. feinberg wants to lower expectations, though. >> it will be a very generous program, but let me tell you, they're in no way, there's no not enough money here to pay everybody. [ male announcer ] what?! investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! go to e-trade and roll

let's get more on what this means for tim cook and apple and carly fiorina is the former chairman ande, the former chairman and ceo of medtronic and he sits on the board of exxon mobil and goldman sachs. hewlett-packard is one of the companies that's previously been in the cross fire for this kind of activity. so do you think it's in violation of the law or the spirit of the law for these tech companies to shift profits overseas for more favorable tax rates. >> no, it's clearly not and it's a reflection of the fact that it is uncompetitive and it's unproductive in its complexity and it would be more productive instead of senators feigning outrage and shock that companies would exploit that complexity to minimize their tax rate which is is the high of the in the world now, and i think a more productive use of time is to talk about how are we going reform this tax code so that it is competitive in its rate and it is vastly simpler for the benefit of all businesses, but particularly small businesses and so we can move some of that cash from overseas back to this country. i think that's w