like, florida. or texas.. >> california has only executed 13 people since 1978.ro death-penalty was strong in california at uc berkeley scientist max says that times have changed. and so have attitudes. >> there is no question that the case before the public has been made people are aware of the district attorney inspired reversals. with fewer than we are one to wind up executing an innocent person one of these days. and if that has not happened already we cannot know for sure. i think those things make the public ambivalent. >> also the costs associated with the death penalty and the appeals process has raised concerns for california. and the legislative analyst's office they think about shutting this down could save $100 million annually. however, they think that it will be end up costing money and allows killers to escape justice. dan kerman, kron 4. >> stay with kron 4 as we continue to follow a decision 2012 para el the november 6th election will have extended coverage from 8:00 p.m.-midnight. and stay updated www.kron4.com with our facebook and twitter upda

if you are head quartered in nevada, florida or texas, those types of states where there are favorablements in your businesses, that is great. it doesn't matter where you register in the grand scheme of things. >> as you continue to grow your business, you will think about where to put different types of operations based on tax advantage. you might have one office here and if you are doing distribution, you might set that up somewhere else and be negotiating on a municipal level, taxes, if that is something you want to have experts involved in and look at every aspect of your business to maximize it. >> how do you figure this out? >> a tax expert. it is very complex. >> thank you both so much. fantastic advice. if any of you have a question for our experts, go to our website. the address is openforum.com/yourbusiness. when you get that, hit the ask the show link to submit a question. the website is openforum.com/yourbusiness. if you would rather, send us an e-mail. the address is yourbusiness@msnbc.com. >>> larry and jessica had some really helpful advice about how to improve your busi

, the people that have a lot of money can afford to leave or arbitrage the differences in tax rates by going to offshore havens, texas or floridaor delaware, somewhere like that if you think that your going to make things dised a van table joyce to the rich and pay the taxes, they will just hire lawyers and accountants. >> have you tried having no taxes in florida but working in new york? they will find you out, you know. they are ruthless. >> if mitt romney thought it was to his advantage to release his tax returns, we have released them, right? >> okay. i believe you. neil, nice to see you. thank you very much, bob. >>> next on the program is facebook -- that's the bell. is facebook the next myspace, the always outspoken michael wolf thinks so. he will join street signs to make his case and what it means for facebook's stock. wow. don't miss the ceo of conagra foods on "mad money" tonight at 6 p.m. eastern. this is cnbc. you. we know you. we know you have to rise early... and work late, with not enough sleep in between. how you sometimes need to get over to that exit, like, right now. and how things aren't... just about you a

we are not texas or florida. california has only executed 13 people since 1938. while pro death penalty were strong and california times have changed and so have attitudes. >> people are aware now and the variety of the dna have made reversals. all of these things make the public vigilance right now. the costs associated with the death penalty and the appeal crossprocess-- this could save the state $100 million annually. this will not stasave the state money but it will cost them more money and it will leave more killers able to escape. teac >> you can also stay updated on kron4.com as well as our facebook page and twitter. teac if the series the switch (male annoucer): now here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> no matter how many times did you try to tell people not to buy tickets from scalpers. teaching they never listen. believe me when i tell you that there are a lot of counterfeit tickets out there. these people spent $500 per ticket only to find out that the tickets were counterfeit. they purchased four of them. >> with this much m

texas or wisconsin. they had one in nevada and florida and it destroyed the economy. don't let bubbles build like that in the economy, at the least build up resources, so when it pops you aren't broke like a lot of the states. but that is the driver in the economy... you just made a poi i wanted to make, in florida, and nevada they had anher issue, the housing bubble, that is -- and, it is tse policies that governors are coming out with, lowertaxes, less regulatis, and let businesses flourish and guess what? it is businesses who do the hiring, and, the permanent hiring. not the tax burden government, governments, are hiring, from taxpayerdollars, right now, things are getting much much better and if housing gets better you will see florida flourish like you afternoon in years, the expectation here. >> susan, john made another good point about the fact that t majority in these swing states are republican governors, wha does it tell you? >> you know what? 41 states had lower rates of employment this month. its not just about the swing states and i would contest jonas's

cares, though, if five points get lost by obama in california or four points get gained by romney in texas? it matters ohio, virginia, florida, nevada, colorado, iowa, new hampshire. i mean, i may have left one out. wisconsin. those are the states that are going to matter. that's why in these debates, you see each one of them mentioning the mother in ohio that they -- that they saw. they're talking about the demographic they want to reach, which is, by the way, their fighting over women right now. after that -- before the first debate, obama was winning by 14 points. after the first debate, it's romney scored and pick up a lot of women. i think obama can win women back. i think that's what this -- that's what big bird's been about. a lot of the debate's been about it. >> greta: bring women back, but they've been running on this romney binder thing. look, it's not scientific. women i know in fox, out of fox, they're, like, we're not that stupid, to think a binder of women thing is -- oh, no, he said, "binder of women," now we don't like that guy. we're not that stupid. all the things women have struggled for in this country,

or new york? why wouldn't i go to oklahoma were texas? for florida?locate business in illinois. you are in the middle, you have a lot of access to a big city and all the surrounding states. there are a lot of good reasons to be there but they're not incentivizing anybody. dave: we mentioned new york is the highest debt per-capita ratio. in illinois is $9,000 per capita. in new york is there clean thousand eight hundred. we are talking about illinois. it won't be long before we talk about new york. stuart: we will talk about it when it happens. thursday night football great for the nfl, but the athletes on the field say it is bad for the players. one comes first? money or player safety? former nfl pro bowler kevin pollak will be with us and sitting with us. i'm a conservative investor. i invest in what i know. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married. planning a life. there are risks, sure. but, there's no reward without it. i want to be prepared for the long haul. i see a world bursting with opportunities. india, china, brazil, ishares, small-caps,

the main problem is that a voter in florida should not have ten times the importance of a voter in california or texasfor who we want to lead us. >> all right, jonathan. i'm glad you wrote the article. it's the type of thing i'm talking about all the the time with my friends. appreciate your time. >> thanks, alex. >>> coming up next, tuesday's critical debate. how does president obama win the showdown? that was me... the day i learned i had to start insulin for my type 2 diabetes. me... thinking my only option was the vial and syringe dad used. and me... discovering once-daily levemir® flexpen. flexpen® is prefilled. doesn't need refrigeration for up to 42 days. no drawing from a vial. dial the exact dose. inject by pushing a button. flexpen® is insulin delivery... my way. levemir® (insulin detemir [rdna origin] injection) is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes and is not recommended to treat diabetic ketoacidosis. do not use levemir® if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. the most common side effect is low blood sugar, which may cause sy

or texas and georgia. they didn't. the obama campaign had long been looking at pennsylvania and michigan. they didn't. remember, in floridaht years ago we were talking about democrats playing missouri and even west virginia at one point or throwing money down to get the other side to spend money or compete and while republicans were looking at places like washington too. where's new mexico? >> robert, one of the things john cohen head of the polling team said it is fascinating the split between the engagement of young voters in swing states and voters in non-swing states. that's where this is being waged. that's where we need to check with enthusiasm. >> i was listening to liz a few moments ago. it feels a lot like 2008. not necessarily from an enthusiasm point. but the math looks almost identical to 2008 in many ways. president obama, let's face it. has has multiple paths to victory. mitt romney does not. the question becomes whether or not wednesday becomes a game changer for the senator. >> i have a theory when someone is on the verge of winning, we get into more battle dround state, not less states. >>> when we come b

or not returning postcards back to the election board to verify your address. the numbers are straggering. take a look. nearly 21 million inactive voters. california has the vote. texas nearly two million. floridanew york, illinois also top a million. even though they can still vote after confirming information or reregistering again, critics charge officials are intentionally purging voters with these lists. not so say election officials. louisiana secretary of state tom shedler says the accurate voter list assures elections by having accurate voting list. >> i put voting at the utmost paramount of our legal rights but you can see in business everyone does some type of file maintenance or business list maintenance and i don't see any difference in the voting registration. i think the most important thing out of everything i'm saying is this. these individuals have not voted in almost half a decade. i think people miss that. >> reporter: and some fear with so many names on the inactive rolls they think could create a ripe opening with voter fraud. he is with the group vote guards. >> if that data got into the wrong hands, it is simple to understand how anyone could be able to use that and manip

texas. hit or miss showers and the cold front down through southern florida and guys here from victor, new yorktor, new york? >> outside of rochester. >> all right. doing an upstate swing here. that's wha >> rain showers 32 wind down across the metro area. high temperatures in the upper fifties to low 60s. a little bit warmer >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> all right, al. thanks. coming up next, the respected high school guidance counsellor fired because of her past as a model. we'll talk about that with today's professionals right after this. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more processed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm eating what i know is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains. search great grains and see for yourself. hi, i just switched jobs, and i want to roll over my old 401(k) into a fidelity ira. man: okay, no problem. it's easy to get started; i can help you with the paperwork. um...this green line just appeared on my floor. yeah, that's fidelity helping you reach your

or not? >> when you say this day three of the biggest population come to talk about florida, texas, california keep thinking if we want immigration done, some of them have to bite the bullet and move to ohio and get thick winter coats and just make the sacrifice for the cause. the southwest eighth you just mentioned were so very important. such a crucial part of president obama -- candidate obama formula for winning. they are all a lot tighter this year than they were four years ago as well. and i think it's no coincidence that so many of those states, including florida and nevada, arizona, the southwest states have been so hard hit economically, some of the states that have been hit the hardest by the foreclosure crisis. so the economic situation, and hispanics who have been disproportionately acted by the economic downturn is having an effect on this. i'll also tell you, the issue is playing out here is that romney has a lot more money than john mccain did. barack obama was able to spend john mccain three to one, four to one in some of these states. right now they are pretty even and that is

or assembly lines. he'd consider moving some of his 60 employees to other states where he has offices. and what are the states? >> massachusetts, florida-- >> massachusetts: income tax. go ahead. california: income tax. >> texasa, michigan, colorado. >> okay, four out of the six have income taxes. i mean, i've heard a lot of businessmen say what you're saying, and i keep wondering, well, where are they gonna move if they leave? >> well, each state has its own competitive advantages. so by adding this additional burden, it makes us much less attractive. >> adam stites is another entrepreneur who opposes the initiative. he moved his company, istores, from portland, oregon, across the columbia river to vancouver, washington, just nine miles away. >> it broke down to taxes. oregon has the highest income tax in the united states, and washington has the lowest at 0%. >> istores is the largest online retailer of paintball equipment. [paintball gun clicking] stites has been hiring staff for a new company he acquired that sells prank novelties. this for halloween? >> it is for halloween or for any times that you need to be a man-eating shark. >> under the new tax, he would have to pay $50,000 a year. and that, he says

very very successful. 25 years ago they could no bet ore than say it will be somewhere in the gulf coast, it could be anywhere from florida to texasre small compared to mother nature, but here is what we do know right? and then they began to get better. >> jamal: we are seeing this all over the place. i do see how data is being used commercially. i see it in policing people are able to say not just where a crime is going to happen to -- in certain area, but they can get it pretty narrowed down on following patterns of how crime occurs and so we're also seeing it in politics. i was just down in florida talking about this. and the obama campaign employs a lot of data people. >> sure. >> jamal: so how are they using that data? >> they are given two scores, on how likely is this person who turn out. one would be how likely is this person to vote democratic or republican as the case might be. you can target different literature and you can have voters that might never vote for you turn out, and that can be a different approach. and you can get information based on someone's name gender, and what neighborhood they live in. it's kind of

texas a&m, univ. of washington, univ. of florida, univ. of georgia, univ. of nebraska, univ. of georgia, the representation of african- american or latino students met or exceeded the representation prior to the then on affirmative action. you'll notice there are three exceptions -- uc-berkeley, ucla, the university of michigan, they did not garner the same amount of racial and ethnic diversity using alternatives. but what is notable is that those three universities are the ones that are most likely to draw on a national pool of applicants, which means that the number of black and hispanic students is likely to be depressed for an artificial reason. these are the schools that have to compete with other schools on an unfair playing field against competitors who are free to continue to use racial preferences in admissions. so a highly talented students of color who gets into uc-berkeley without a racial preference is also likely to be admitted to an even more competitive institution like stanford with a racial preference. it is not surprising that university of michigan, uc- berkeley, and ucla are having a harder time achieving rac

texas. hit or miss showers and thunderstorms down in southern florida. some folks having a good time here.new york. where is that? >> outside of rochester. >> we are doing an up state swing here. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> oh, it's cloudy now. we'll have more clouds than sunshine today. a look outside. there's the overcast sky. the temperature at 50 degrees with wind out of the north. berry farms, your current temperature at 50 degrees. we have largo coming in at 46. chantilly at 46 degrees. the high today, 60 degrees. it will be on the cool side. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> all right, al. thanks. coming up next, the respected high school guidance counsellor fired because of her past as a model. we'll talk about that with today's professionals right after this. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more processed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm eating what i know is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains. se

or you can see the speech from this morning in florida on c- span.org. next, democratic line, texasu are on, richard. " caller: i am a democrat is going to vote for mitt romney and paul ryan. >> why is that? caller code they speak the truth. they do not beat around the bush. four years of obama, he has promised this and that. he loves government and we cannot make the united states and other european country, as far as the government controls us. >> you voted for president obama in the last election? caller: i sure did. >> elizabeth, lawrenceville. hello, elizabeth. caller: good afternoon, i guess. good afternoon. i am calling in to say that i will be voting for barack obama. he has taken more time than i think the average american wished to get things done, and has had obstacles to overcome, but i honestly do not see how any reasonable person or voter could imagine what he had to walk into. i will be sticking with him and i will vote for him this time. he should just basically stated course he is on. it is a slower journey than we would all like. i think we need to slow down in rea

texas. hit or miss showers and thunderstorms along the cold front down in southern florida.a good time here. from victor, new york. where's victor near? >> the south side of rochester. >> we're doing an upstate swing here. >>> 8:06 now. taking a live look over a very sunny san jose. we do have some changes on the way. you'll notice more high and mid-level clouds increasing as we head throughout the day. a very slight chance for some showers between about 3:00 and 7:00. 72 in los gatos today. 67 in san francisco. and you hit around 68 degrees in santa cruz. the seven-day outlook tells the story. things are going to change after this area of low pressure comes through. we're going to cool you off to the upper 60s on thursday and we warm you up as we head through the weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> all right, al. thanks. coming up next, the respected high school guidance counsellor fired because of her past as a model. we'll talk about that with today's professionals right after this. you can't argue with nutrition you can see. great grains. great grain

texas, florida, and minnesota. those are the seats that democrats need to pick up. and they also need to lean into the republican column. if democrats are winning ording a a a few of those races on election day, they are probably on track to have a double-digit gain in seats. if it is split, then we're likely headed for a night or democrat net about five. guest: the senate break down is currently 53 democrats, 47 republicans. republicans need four seats to win the senate are right. they need 3 of mitt romney were elected president, and then the vice president would break the tie vote there would be considered the majority party. -- and they would be considered the majority party. the open seat in nebraska i have already given to republicans. republicans have four seats in the tossup column as well. in maine, there has been an interesting race where an independent is likely to win that race. although, it remains competitive. and the setting is that the independent would caucus with democrats, so that would be a loss for them. in new jersey on the democrat's line. go ahead. caller: i watch c-span all the time and i get most of my information from wa

texas a&m, univ. of washington, univ. of florida, univ. of georgia, univ. of nebraska, univ. of georgia, the representation of african- american or latino students met or exceeded the representation prior to the then on affirmative action. you'll notice there are three exceptions -- uc-berkeley, ucla, the university of michigan, they did not garner the same amount of racial and ethnic diversity using alternatives. but what is notable is that those three universities are the ones that are most likely to draw on a national pool of applicants, which means that the number of black and hispanic students is likely to be depressed for an artificial reason. these are the schools that have to compete with other schools on an unfair playing field against competitors who are free to continue to use racial preferences in admissions. so a highly talented students of color who gets into uc- berkeley without a racial preference is also likely to be admitted to an even more competitive institution like stanford with a racial preference. it is not surprising that university of michigan, uc- berkeley, and ucla are having a harder time achieving ra

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