we're back with james freeman and jason riley.-sufferingon buffalo bills fan will not have a firm rootingll interest here but what do you make of the president's remarks? >> first, i think i prefer>> him talking more about football and less about health care and the foo economy. >> that is an ideological aside. >> i don't think these concussion studies can be dismissed out of hand. i don't have a problem with the league trying to make the game safer saying don'tst hit with your helmet, hit with your shoulder, hit between the knees and the neck, that sort of thing. i think that doesn't ruin fundamentally the game. and i don't also think these head injury studies t suggests football needs to be banned or anything that t drastic. but when it comes to parents and where they steer their children in terms of which sports, my father played professional football in canada back in the 1960's and he didn't suffer head injuries but he did have constant soldier surgeries and knee sho surgeries over the years. it took a toll on his body. and h

to think blue bottle's founder james freeman didn't go to business school. his talent is playing the clarinet. what are you going to do with all that money? >> we're going to build shops. >> how many shops? >> i don't know. we're going to build some r and d facilities and goal is to be better, not just to be bigger. all of our investors are very happy to contribute towards that goal. >> you've anticipated one of my biggest questions, do you take any quality brand, i think you can only get so big before you can't get better. >> i think that might be true. but so the question is how big is that? you know, embedded in all of those questions is when are you going to start to suck, james. >> that's a much better way -- >> what are you going to start to suck, james. >> maybe never, i'm going to try to make it never. i get asked, how are you going to maintain quality. this word maintain. i thought about it and it's really -- there's no maintain. the moment you start trying to like grab on to something, it's gone. it's vanished already. we have to build quality ever

let's ask dan henninger, kim stroseel and james freeman. we at "the journal" argued in the past for a long time about energy in the executive as alexander hamilton put it. you need a president to lead. what's wrong with the president of the united states saying i'm going to lead, i'm going to do this? >> we never said the president should simply set the second branch of government aside, congress, and have nothing to do with them. that's why we are talking about the unilateral presidency. obama has been going in this direction since the beginning of his term. after the 2010 elections when he started doing things like deciding to enforce the dream act on his own. >> you think there is a difference in degree and kind with what this president is doing and previous presidents have done, am i reading you fairly? >> yeah. some of the things he has done i think have been described as literally breaking the law. for instance, telling states they can get exemptions from the no child left behind act and things like that or the obama care decisions he

. >> joining the panel this week, dan hettinger, kim strossel, and james freeman. that language didn't look like it was off the cuff. so what is the administration trying to do here? >> let's put this way. i don't know whether you can pole be t possibly be too cynical. it's about politics. and i think the closer we get to the november elections, the more we're going to see the standard democratic play book which is to try to position republicans as in an awful light as opposed to what is undeniably good as the president did in his re-election campaign. the idea here will be that climate change -- you're trying to move voters, in this case, younger voters, the way obama did in his re-election campaign. second thing, i would not doubt at all that john kerry is actually thinking of running in 2016. doctor would he say these things? no signal the funding base in the environmental humidity which has a lot of money now that he's on their side and he's in the game. >> but some people are saying that maybe this was a way to get out ahead of a decision to approve the keysto

we are back with dan henninger and james freeman and jason reilly also joins the panel. paul right? >> well, in terms of texas, i'm not sure. romney won texas by 16 points which is more than mccain won it by. every statewide office there is republican. i don't know texas is in trouble any time soon. to his broader point about the country and demographic trends, i think he is spot on on that. republicans improved their share of the vote over 2008 and 2012. among men, whites and young voters. romney won the independent vote. paul, a republican, still lost the election. would suggest the problem isn't turning out more of the base but expanding the appeal of the party. >> in 1992, for example, we have the data. 87% of the electorate was white. by 2012 that had gone down to 72%. in texas, it was not quite as big a drop but was 73%. in 2008 it was already down to 63%. or close. you're seeing the magnitudes of that demographic change. there are some people within the republican party who say we don't need to worry about getting hispanic vote, for example. we can get a bigger sh

journal" editorial board member, columnist and deputy editor, dan henninger and assistant editor james freeman. so joe, a big delay again. now it is two years from what the law had originally said where you had to provide health insurance. so what is behind us? is it economics or politics or both? >> i think it is a little of both. i think they want an alibi. we're having this furious debate about how the affordable care act affects decisions to work, decisions to staff full time or part time and liberals are saying, there's no effect whatsoever. employers are saying there's a lot of damage in the real world. and the administration's actions are showing that the employers i think are right. >> that there is economic harm. so let's put off the employer mandate for two years. are employers really going to change the behavior if they know that they'll have to provide health insurance in another year. >> i don't think it mitigates the damage to a great degree. and that's why it speaks to politics. i think again, they're for an alibi. the other thing going on here is you're only supposed to qualify

we have james freeman from the most regional and also charlie gasparino. >> i don't care what they say i will interview him at 4:30 p.m. by go way. to you have an impression? [laughter] this is great material as a pre-interview carl icahn has a reputation to buy the stocks and then blows out like he did with apple but with ebay he really feels those running the company are running it into the ground. melissa: they always say that. they go long and loud. make a big splash. but this is his story every time. >> before we go along with carl icahn to trash the board members of ebay he has accused them remember they have made major contributions to the american technology industry. every business has conflicts but do you market -- manage them correctly? they accused the board member when they were selling stipe it did later sell for a much bigger price i am not knocking him he plays a useful bold but be careful before ww trash them >> i actually like marco lot but what i like about carl is he brings up the insider game that the average guy on the street does not know. with the conflict of in

joining us from the "wall street journal" editorial board is james freeman.morning to you. >> good morning. >> in the beginning when they were talking about we're going to pump all this money into these shovel-ready programs, that sounded good. >> did sound good. there were a lot of promises. right after it was enacted vice president joe biden told local politicians, he said to local politicians, remember, don't spend this on stupid things. i think that was a warning that maybe the hype had gotten a little out of hand before they enacted it. >> we're going to get to one of the stupid things in a minute. one of the key components of the president's pitch was if you pass this, unemployment will drop below 8%. >> it will stay below 8%. >> take a look at this. it took over four years for it to drop below 8%. so that was a misnomer. >> it failed on its own terms. i think that's really the story of the stimulus, is this government idea that will provide a jolt to the economy by forcing all this money into the system. what really grows an economy is when business pe

john berg meyer, senior staff attorney for public knowledge, and james freeman assistant he had orfor "the wall street journal" editorial page. these two go head-to-head on this topic. gentlemen, start with you, you do not lik this merger. why not? >> well, i don't like it i think when you have a company like a post-merger comcast such gatekeeper power over the cable industry and broadband industry it would have effect that is ripple all throughout the country even in areas not covered by either comcast or time warner. gerri: iknow you object on the basis of this compa will be too big, but to my issue. i think prices are going to go up. what do you say? >> well you know already most people don't have a lost choice in terms of their cable provider. and that is not going to change. the competitive situation certainly isn't going to be better n ft yesrday, in a press call, comcast admitted that this merger would not low prices for consumers. in fact it wouldn't even sw their increase. gerri: all right. james to you, youave a different view on this. what do you think of the merger? >> i t

charlie, the "the wall street journal" james freeman, and senior editor jack.hank you for joining us. is what i thought was staggering. 40% think they are in lower class. by definition of three class it is can the only be 33%. it used to be 15%. so it's dropped dramatically since 2008 of people who -- in the survey, think they are in the lowest threshold of inme. ei by -- through their homes. and housing prices are still fairly depressed and listen, you know, my dad was a construction worker; right. he bought a small house. we the small house in the suburbs is the crappy sup bush. it was still in the suburbs. appreciated in value through most of his life. a working class guy actually felt middle class. >> and it's gone up in value. we don't have it right now. melissa: james, do you agree? >> i think there's a perception and reality. there's been a rough economy. kind of a stagnant wages, high unemployment for a few years now. coming down now. a lot of people are leaving the work force. you also have a president who spent the last five plus years basically sayin

we'll talk to blue bottle founder james freeman, anna net true and the search is on for silicon valley'somic this week on "press here". >> good morning, my first guest would tell you whatever coffee you are sipping this morning is not as good as his coffee. he serves each and every day at blue bottle coffee, so fine and carefully crafted, some would say so fusscy, it's drawn all kinds of attention and money from some of

wall street journal's editorial page assistant editor james freeman. good to see you. armstrong from aol. one thing he blamed was higher health care costs because of obamacare. two distressed babies cost the company each million dollars in health care coverage. charles: not sure that was a real morale booster. >> the company signaling out specific things, they had higher costs that year. the obamacare thing is more evidence the collateral damage of this law is beyond what people expected. big companies were supposed to be sort of largely insulated because they have their risk plans, thought they were winning under obamacare. they are seeing most -- the insurers getting pressured now doctors and networks, the intent of obamacare and we have seen 7 million, he didn't break out but there are a lot of taxes and fees and regulations so it is a cost. connell: we knew they were in there so shouldn't have been a big surprise. >> talking about all the property used to sell this law. it was going to bent the cost curve. it was going to do much more for the uninsured and they are

connell: james freeman, thank you very much. dagen: bond investing, where do you put your money, which types of investments are the best, which countries are the best, my next guest thinks european nations have turned the corner. bob auwaerter, fixed-income at -- whether you put your money in treasuries or u.s. treasuries it all depends how strong the economy is. do we even know at this point? is it tough to tell? >> it really is difficult given all of the weather. we are doing some analysis to see if there might be a payback in payrolls, payrolls have been very weak so far. there might be a little bit of one but right now with the ten year, 275, probably fairly priced at the moment. dagen: what about emerging markets? there has been incredible volatility in emerging markets, some in bergen -- emerge in markets. turkey and the ukraine. some of these countries looks incredibly troubles, they look a lot healthier now. >> it is interesting. we are seeing all the turmoil, bond prices are all over the place. and people were worried a

beth freeman, northern district of california, james donato, northern district of california, james moody, eastern district of arkansas, jeffrey meyer, connecticut. he voted to invoke the filibuster rule and then turns right around and votes for these judges. his obstruction, though, i'm sorry to say, isn't limited to nominations. when the senate considered s. 744, the comprehensive immigration bill, senator grassley objected to the consideration or adoption of republican or bipartisan amendments on at least four occasions. he objected to consideration or adoption of republican or bipartisan amendments on at least four occasions. when challenged, senator grassley admitted to violation of senatorial courtesy. here's what senator leahy said. is it not a fact that the first amendment that was brought up here was a bipartisan one of mine and senator hatch? shortly thereafter, the senator from iowa came with an amendment following the normal courtesy, i allowed mine to be set aside so he could bring up his. so isn't it a fact that we asked if he might set aside for some noncontroversial amendm

james patterson writes the "along comes a spider" sears with -- series with a detective that is played by morgan freemana movie. >> popular stuff. alex... >> someone i do know is mike nicco. >> he is trying to get out of that hole. >> me? >> dr. cross. dr. alex cross. >> now we can focus on weather. >> good morning, everyone, the wind is breezy this morning. the temperatures are cooler when you step outside. live doppler 7 hd shows dry air but high clouds streaming in so hopefully we will have another colorful sunrise that has been our calling card. 53 is the warm spot to the north and a lot of low-to-mid 40's from 101 to mill valley and up to santa rosa and we have 47 in san rafael and the napa valley we have temperatures in the upper 30's and american canyon at 37 and napa at 39. 50 in alameda, and san francisco is 49 and redwood city and newark is 43 and san carlos is 44 and san jose at 43 and lafayette is 40. at sfo, remember this time yesterday we watched the drizzle move through and now nothing but clear conditions and a too high clouds. that is the case through the afternoon. it will be bright an

freeman will join the federal court san jose branch. shesz served in san mateo superior court since 2001. 53-year-old james donato will serve at the federalactice and spent three years in san francisco city attorney's office. both received their graduate degrees from uc berkeley. >>> continuing coverage now on a controversial bill in arizona that sparked protests and debate about gay right. if signed into law, it could have major consequences for arizona's economy. it's now up to arizona governor jann brewer to decide what happens next. the arizona governor has until the end of the week to decide the fate of the bill, but pressure is mounting for her to veto it now. the law would allow business owners to deny service to gays or any customers based on religious grounds. >> look what it has caused over the last five day >>> you have dmrshgs trucks. you have -- we are on national television. we are on national comedy shows, once again hurting arizona. >> opponents say the proposed law would tleed discrimination against gays and lesbians, but supporters say the bill has been unfairly misrepresented. >> thankfully there's protections in the re

james moody to be u.s. district judge in arkansas with the time until 11: 15 equally divided and controlled in the usual form and that following disposition of the freeman nomination and the resumption of legislative session, the senate recess until 2:15 fom allow for the weekly caucus meetings. at 2:15 there will be up to 30 minutes of debate, equally divided and controlled by the two leaders and their designees prior to the cloture vote on the motion to proceed on s. 1892, the veterans' benefits bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: there will be five votes at 11:15 a.m. tomorrow and a sixth vote at 3:15. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned >> later this week, senators will debate a bill that will expand veteran's benefits. live coverage starts tomorrow when members gavel back in on tuesday. >> earlier we heard remarks on the immigration reform from alan greenspan. >> let's go back to quality by taking and eliminating and opening up the issue of allowing people that get the grease into the united states and we