fink. i have a question for you. i organized a group under an fbi volunteer program called infraguard where we looked at nation wild, you know, long-term -- nationwide long-term disasters, and we have a group of top doctors including groups from the military who have formed an advisory group to look at health care infrastructure nationwide. ..tructure nationwide. i'm wondering if you would be interested in participating with critical infrastructure and how to do it and what we might do to improve it for things like this. and i didn't know there was an interesting might have been a way to contact you to participate in that. >> thank you. i urge anyone who wants to get in touch, you can go to my website which is sheri fink.net and i am also on twitter and i have my facebook page and there is a contact form on the website as well. and i think that i'm really glad to hear that and i have heard that before. since the book has been published for some really fantastic initiatives of people really realizing that we have seen

hello, sheri fink. i'm just curious how many people [inaudible] thank you. >> why is that important to you? and i think she hung up. >> okay, i'm glad to have a chance to answer this because in the book i didn't really make it clear that i felt that the race of the person was not -- i felt it wasn't necessary to always mention that. so some people have assumed that this was perhaps euthanasia of all african-american people because there was this doctor who he spoke about who had said something when i interviewed him, having to do with race and having to do with historical situations and we withdraw in our own communities and we feel comfortable with the people we are closest to them perhaps those potential fissures in society can open if we're not careful and if we allow ourselves to fear this, for example. but as best as i can tell of the 20 patients that received those drugs, about half and half african-american and caucasian or white or whatever words we want to do is to denote those races. we don't

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larry fink tells us how he sees it from atop the world's biggest money manager. we will bring you the details behind john paulson's comeback, and the future of gaming is in focus as well. cutting-edge games, cross- platform engine technology, that is the match that they are betting on. with hedgeg to start funds and the case against steve collins sac capital -- steve cohen's sac capital. claimsthe defendants that calling himself can help his defense. what is the latest? >> these a lot -- these findings came out late on friday, facing trial in january, we know that he will not testify in this case and that he intends to assert his constitutional rights, but that he did produce a 40 pages of the main deposition with the sec in which he stated he made trades in shares of wyatt since acquired by pfizer based on advice from a friend and fellow hedge fund manager. they say that this bolsters the defense and he says he wants to prove that he had nothing to do with the decision to liquidate those holdings and short sale stocks in 2008, he faces 20 years of convicted. >>

the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome, but be forewarned -- a few scenes in this hour are disturbing, because we are dealing with violence and don't want to hide what is true about it. as you know, one year ago this weekend, 20 school children and six educators were massacred at the sandy hook elementary school. the killer also murdered his mother, and then killed himself. 28 deaths in all, from guns. and across america, perhaps as many as 30,000 more have been killed since that fatal day. this is why i have asked richard slotkin to join me. he has spent his adult life delving into how violence took deep root in our culture, from colonial days to now. in his magisterial trilogy, "regeneration through violence," "the fatal environment" and "gunfighter nation," richard slotkin tells how america came to embrace a mythology of gun-slinging settlers taming the

the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. last month in sydney, australia, they threw an annual event called the festival of dangerous ideas. one of the main speakers was david simon, the writer and producer who created "the wire" and "treme," two television series that vividly portray the vast gap between rich and poor. nothing drives that great divide home, he said, like our prison system. >> you're seeing the underclass hunted through a war on dangerous drugs allegedly that is in fact merely a war on the poor and has turned us into the most incarcerative state in the history of mankind, at this point. in terms of just the sheer numbers of people we've put in american prisons, no other country on the face of the earth jails people at the number and rate that we are. >> he's right, of course. during the past 30 years, the number of inmates in federal custo

tense moments and it was necessary for them to do this to finks something. we will talk about it. one of the astronauts lost one of the o rings. detailed on that next. >> one of those o rings, houston. >> it floated out, but it is still -- i can get it. >> okay, copy that, rick. best effort and get that in the trash bag as well. >>> drama at sea caught on tape. two fishermen rescued after their boat started taking on water off australia. they were found early this morning, 15 hours they hung on to a large cooler in the middle of the ocean near south wales. we're told they will be okay. >>> important and dangerous work underway on the international space station. a key part of it in the history books today as two american astronauts ventured outside the station and successfully removed an old cooling pump. also during the space walk, a small oaring started floating away. >> it floated out, but it's -- i can get it. >> okay, copy that. best effort and get that in the trash bag as well. >> i got it, i got it, i got it. barely. have it. >> don't let that go. that's a stucking stuffer.

i did have a chance to sit down with larry fink on writing.hing that is really important to investing, risks. where are the risks, and what hes he seem that's -- perceived as the biggest risk? here's what he told me. >> the next crisis will not be coming from banks. i do not know where it will come, it may not be in financial conveyed might be in technology. maybe it will be private security that would back a lot of us. but the big crisis will not be in financial services as much a some people worry about. heard larryty, you there say we aren't going to see a crisis in banking. that is it from blackrock for the moment. much more coming next in the next two hours. >> i just got it was long and strong, board short anything -- don't short anything, buy, buy, buy. >> make sure to watch that special edition of "market makers" at blackrock. now time for the bloomberg outlook. the president and first lady are off to attend the national memorial for south african president nelson mandela. mournershousands of commemorating the iconic leader in johannes

let me remind you that you will not the larry fink. he is traveling in the middle east. he will spend some time with the clients. i did sit down with him on friday. we talked about his outlook and many of the things that you've heard him say before. you need to invest in stocks. there is no return to be found. inevitably, we got to talking about regulations. tomorrow, we will see the final version of the volcker rule. they have him very concerned. >> there's a possibility that we have gone to far next year. i am going to watch and see. i am not being a pessimist, but i am being pragmatic. about thosere markets than most. i am alarmed right now. it may be too far. it may have unintended issues that could be impactful. as you well know, he is a man who chooses his words carefully. i was paying close attention to that word alarmed. you do not hear him say that very much. that has me very interested in what the final version will look like tomorrow. everybody here -- that is for sure. >> as you know, i have all of the time in the world. everyone in the world will to. i need

the deputy prime minister fink it is right to divert nhs funding from areas of higher levels of need to areas of lower levels of need and how does he think it will impact the crisis? she knows, nhs england is in position to make some of these judgments. questions on what ,oney goes where in the nhs from the party who still does not agree with our protections, we are putting 12.7 billion pounds of extra money into the nhs. i would be interested to know whether her party agrees. >> with the deputy prime minister join me in congratulating the london d 100gh which has re-home previously homeless families as a result of the government welfare program? >> i certainly would like to join my friend to congratulate them for the excellent work they have done. overcrowding is a real problem. hundreds of thousands of families are living, the children haveto do their schoolwork. their party has no answers to some of the fundamental problems they have created in the first place. >> can i join the deputy prime minister in conveying our deepest sympathy to the families of the nine people who lost the

when stanley fink and johnny gill and esteem in all of the senior official of the ruling workers' party who died recently. i believe tat being held on monday the besieged by media had not reported these events. king is expected to visit the mosque early in the this father accompanied by high ranking officials on tuesday analysts say the military me it is unlikely to use them for history to stress the unity of the nation's people and the stability of the government's attitude and john cale. south korean president packer and warned that north korea to the extent of reckless provocations. after the execution of the powerful uncle of hinge on. i spoke with the new secretary is about the recent execution of town sontag. she put it out the possibility that the noise could try to cause turmoil in south korea hamilton comes with it. it is unclear which when north korea is now headed. we cannot rule out contingencies act is to practice proper case ends. according to military police and administrative agencies to strengthen efforts against possible provocations in border areas including islands i

viewers in britain in the last hour warning too much spying could damage the way the next generation finks but still time for a cure. for simple diligence we're stuck in a word that we didn't ask for. with the outcry against rogue warfare being heard across the world r.t. travels to the region of pakistan where the unmanned strikes have become a deadly every day reality. islands happy bailout exit leaves.

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become something that can be turned something very large and even literally a traffic court so be finking about any of that's it for your take my take live thanks for all your calls we didn't get your call tonight tries back next week. coming up there's a cult in washington d.c. and its leaders are forcing americans to drink potentially deadly policy kool-aid more on that steely take. cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. there's a medium leave us so we leave that maybe. by the same motion security place called the players involved in questions that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all politicking only on our t.v. . screens technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia. the future. it's thursday let's get geeky on global warming and evolution stuff we had a guest a day or so ago isn't happy never did from cats to affix super storms to raging wildfires we've all seen first hand the devastating effects that climate change and global warming are having on the environment and on human life they're havi

larry fink is thinking about the final version of the volcker rule.t is coming out this week. >> there's a possibility we are going to go too far. i'm not being a pessimist. i am being pretty pragmatic. i do think i know more about the markets then most. i am alarmed that it may be too far it may have some unintended issues that could be impactful. >> he is alarmed at the leverage ratios. you have his industry about.ry >> and i do not believe will be coming from banks. it may not come in financial services. maybe it is technology. maybe it will be cybersecurity. the big crisis i do not think will be in an ansell services. >> number two is the blackrock president. he says it is time to be a little cautious. >> at this time, people are very concerned about their future investment. they have seen the stock market do pretty well. they are concerned about where bonds are. they're looking to squeeze more return out of their assets. how much more can they squeeze when they have the finger on the button? we have an institute that debated them in an exhaustive

this is the christmas chris fink and her husband dick will always remember for being all bundled up in their winter coats inside their house in kalamazoo. but it's little conor hergert without power in flint, michigan, who may best sum up the mood of many without saying a single word. as terrell brown reports, forecasts calling for more snow are not going to make it any easier to get the power turned back on. >> reporter: crews are scrambling to help restore hardest hit areas. this team traveled nearly 500 miles to help restore power. workers like erik collins have been clearing branches and reconnecting lines nonstop since monday. >> much rather be at home with my family and kids. my kids are at home in a warm -- playing playstation and xbox and these kids are just trying to stay warm. >> reporter: in maine, about 60,000 customers are without power. down from 100,000 tuesday. in vermont, nearly 1,500. and across michigan about 150,000 customers are still in the dark. the state's largest utility hadn't dealt with that many power outages in any christmas week in its 126 year history. th

viewers in britain in the last hour warning too much spying could damage the way the next generation finks but that is still time for a cure. for simple villagers were stuck in a war that we didn't ask for. with the outcry against drone warfare being heard across the world r.t. travels to the region of pakistan where the unmanned strikes have become a deadly every day reality. and. islands happy bailout exit leaves people there wondering whether the end justifies the means. i couldn't do anything at all i think that was the sticks and i had no way i wish to speak to some of those trying to keep a roof over their heads and banks push to repossess homes from struggling families . hello it's nine pm december the twenty fifth here in moscow i'm kevin. merry christmas if you're celebrating it right now from all of us here of course first though the u.n. is sending over five thousand more troops to south sudan almost doubling the number of peacekeepers there for the past ten days the country putting goldstein deadly violence which the u.n. says has already claimed thousands of lives one importan

a pile of angry tweets accusing of being a horrible insensitive fink. is she out of line?ppens after every tragedy or death. somebody does something on twitter jie. when martin luther king died they said hurry and get your tickets to "the lion king. >> it is disgusting, greg jie. it is disgusting. thank you for covering that joke. buck, is this as bad -- do you remember when kenneth coal, the -- kenneth cole, the uproar in cairo and they said we are reacting to your sandals? >> was it too soon? >> too soon, there is a period here. before you can shamelessly exploit something like this which is definitely going to happen especially with the movie out, the tweet was part of it. it was all of the people involved in the movie and we were like, yes interest we are -- yes! we are so sad he is dead though. they needed to wait 24 hours or maybe a week. >> it looked like morgan free man was the go to mandela dude. >> he is the best. he is the guy you go to. >> i don't trust him. i don't trust black dudes with british accents. >> have you seen "luther"? >> yeah. >> stringer bell. >>

the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome. you knew from the start that pope francis was going to be different. the first pope in history to take the name of the patron saint of the poor, he speaks differently, in a voice we're not used to hearing, criticizing the "widening gap between those who have more and those who must be content with the crumbs." in his recent "apostolic exhortation" on "the economy of exclusion and inequality," he said quote, "the worship of the ancient golden calf has returned in a new and ruthless guise in the idolatry of money and the dictatorship of an impersonal economy lacking a truly human purpose. the worldwide crisis affecting finance and the economy," he said, "lays bare their imbalances and, above all, their lack of real concern for human beings." what he does is different, too. inviting the homeless to share his food, wash

so in a sense you could say in the emphasizing if you fink that we are going down like a bad road or something, if this could get -- look what we've done in the past basically it says we are not about killing because you could say you are giving the united states av rall deal. this is basically what you would consider nothing compared to what people experience elsewhere. i don't know. maybe you are trying to warn us or something. >> guest: that response is not uncommon, and over all things have been so good and other nations are so bad. i think that is beside the point. if there is an injustice then we should deal with that in justice. should it be the primary way that we decide what is happening here? the americans if we had been successful in terms of the religious and coloration that is because we have established a certain are and we tried to at least meet that are and what the book is it something to do is demonstrate the way that there are these great values, but there are also these norms that have led people to be intolerant either implicitly or directly through certain relig

the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. i want to tell you about a book you simply have to read. i promise, you will laugh and cry and by the end, i think you'll be ready for the revolution. the title is "this town," an up-close look at how our nation's capital really works. i can tell you, it's not a pretty picture -- the story of a city's bipartisan lust for power, cash and notoriety, so overpowering that everyone and everything else gets sucked into its undertow. government becomes no longer the servant of the people, but in the thrall of big money, lobbyists and a media happy to live off its fancy leftovers in a feeding frenzy of gossip and shallow speculation. how appropriate that a capital built on a swamp has sunk so low into the stinking mud. mark leibovich is the chief national correspondent for "the new york times magazine" and is the author of "

sheri fink investigates patient deaths at a new orleans hospital in the days following hurricane katrina in "five days at memorial: life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital." in "catastrophe 1914," europe goes to war, military historian max hastings details the events that led to the onset of world war i. journalist katy butler presents her thoughts on end of life care in "knocking on heaven's door: the path to a better way of death." in "days of fire: bush and chain ty in the white house," peter baker with the new york times recalls the working relationship between president bush and vice president cheney. national book award winning author jesmyn ward recounts the deaths of five men in her life in, "men we reaped." for links to various other publications' 2013 notable book selections, visit booktv's web site, booktv.org. >> what we know of the founders, you know, at core, the 30-second version is the guys that were against the constitution were the religious conservatives of the day, the antifederalists who very much -- and they included patrick henry at the time although he came alo

you'll hear from the ceo larry fink and the other firms top executives -- the other top executives andr now, heading market. scarlet fu has more. but for us, we are saying adios. have a great weekend. largest farms equipment manufacturer has been underperforming all this year. it has seen its first drop in annual earnings in 2009. our guest, alan nachman, seizes us an opportunity to buy. how are you playing this one now? are positioned for the long-term. this is a stock that has been a dog. between 80-trading 86 for almost six months now. to get someing upside momentum. that near-term target of that six dollar range up to 92. the way am looking to play it within in the money call for june. it is going to cost less than theto break even on its and stock substitution strategy is about $1.50 offer more we are right now. we are using the same power of having an in the money option, with less risk. >> john deere announced an $8 billion stock buyback on december 4. the stock did not get back past that 92 level. excuse me, 86 level. why would it do that now? >> it did come back and said that

if you fink about it. what was at stake, what they had and loft, that will weigh on him for a long time. right now the leading favourite is one more second. >> that's a great one. they'll talk about the game for as long as people talk about football. now the scc game next week. if they live up to this it's a good scene in the atlanta. >> this is how the tigers punched a ticket to that game. this touchdown by ben maleena. henry jose taking it up. 57 yards to the house, mississippi taking down johnny football and company. making if an all tiger match-up. >> classic was a word urban meyer used to describe the buck-eyes win. it had everything, including a wild ending. they fight not just a song. they were thrown down before half-time. threes players ejected ipp cluing mark as hall and you would have a tough exit as well as you'll see in a moment. back to the task at hand - there is football to be played. the buck eyes are three in the nation. jeff for the touch down. ohio take 42-35. with 32 seconds left, big

jennifer garr fink kel nice to see you this morning. i love oyster.com. you have a great ipad app. to visit the hotels in person and go and take our own photos and there is no photo shop. what you see is what you get. >> you have a free ipad app. >> free web site as well. let's dive into these. take a look at these on your screen. miami photo takeout. this is, of course, so this guy, what you are telling me is this guy might not show up with the trip that you have mr.ed? >> he may not be there. and actually i think the pool is he surfing in is more like a hot tub. so you can't really see how small it is. why would you have a surf board at all in the pool. second of all it's about the size of the hot tub. >> look how well lit is he. >> is he looking good. >> wet t short contest. here is costa rica. let's take a look at this costa costa rican photo fakeout. it looks beautiful. >> it does it looks gorgeous. what's interesting is that this room does exist in the hotel. but most people won't get it and the hotel, of course, chooses to use the absolute best room to market their hotel. >>

sheri fink is the author of "5 days at memorial: life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital". what is the timeline of your book? >> i am talking about five days in 2005 when the levees failed in new orleans after hurricane katrina and water drowned one of america's most beloved cities and looking specifically over what happened at those days in one of the hospitals that was surrounded by water. >> what is memorial hospital? >> memorial medical center was one of those longstanding community hospitals that had been built in 1926 and was the place people went for storms. staff would go there even if they didn't have to work. they brought along their pets sometimes. if you are going to work a hurricane you need somewhere for the pets, they brought