host of "rltv's boomers 2.0, a generation and reimagined" and "rethink 50 plus" is our good friend jane pauley, jane. >> a little cleavage in the morning. >> that is what we like. >> that's the way we like our jane. let's be honest. >> thank you for pointing that out. thank you so much for pointing that out. >> that's what we're here for. >> by the way, my generation is our generation. >> right, exactly. >> you, hoda, are the trailing edge. she's on the cusp. you're the trailing edge. i'm the leading edge of the baby boomers. >> i'm right there with you. >> you're ripe. >> oh, boy am i ripe. >> you certainly are. >> rltv in partnership with aarp has done these two programs on the next week on the 14th -- wednesday, i think -- re-evaluating the impact of our generation. i mean, everybody knows the impact we have had, but that we continue to have is the issue, and the numbers would surprise you. boomers have about almost three-quarters of the wealth in this country. >> wow. >> boomers spend on consumer goods annually -- by boomers i'll define them people 50s and 60s. >> why do advertisers -- >>

jane pauley, it is so good to meet you and have you on.because jane said so. >> great to be here. >> exactly. >> otherwise i wouldn't believe it. >>> coming up, america's most promising companies, "forbes" is out with its annual rankings. we'll go through the list straight ahead on "morning joe." [ ship horn blows ] no, no, no! stop! humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... not so much. but that's okay -- you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> the editor of "forbes" magazine, randall lane on the companies you should be investing in. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. look at you, so dashing. come on. nowadays, lots of people go by themselves. no they don't. yeah... hey son. have fun tonight. ♪ prom! [ laughs ] ♪ ♪ ain't nothin to me ♪ back against the wall ♪

>> i am getting a lot of questions asking when jane pauley is coming back. >> have a crush on jane pauley. >> i know you do. >> we need her back. >> she should come back. >> we should have her and tom brokaw together. the problem is, when those two come on together, jane talks over tom. poor tom can never get a word out. >> tom feels so imperfect because she points out all his imperfections. >> i like tom allot. never get a chance to talk. remind me, i was on this cross country trip several years ago. on a motorcycle talking to newt gingrich. >> i can finish the story by the time -- chuck, take it away. >>> new day, old dominion. same sequester standoff. president obama heads to virginia to warn about the cut consequences. but there are no meetings in washington anywhere in sight. >>> also this morning, the race to replace jesse jackson jr. in congress kicks off with a packed primary in chicago. just how much power will the mayor of new york have in shaping the chicago outcome and where else is he going to weigh in on gun control by dropping big dollars? >>> and a deep dive into the heart

>> now, this was just a couple of days before i was supposed to substitute for jane pauley for a weeky made me nervous enough. >> i had a tiny lump excised. i had radiation and no chemotherapy, so i was very, very lucky. but in a way it served a real purpose of making me a little bit more conscious of time. >> are you able to feel as strongly about all these issues today as you did when you first started out? >> oh, much more. god, much more. much, much more. >> and it's a world view. once you start looking at us all as human beings, you're no longer likely to accept economic differences and racial differences and ethnic differences. so, you have to uproot racism and sexism at the same time, otherwise it just doesn't work. >> the problem is, we are so accustomed and sometimes women as well as men, to hearing as natural 60/40 or 70/30 as a male/female relationship, that when we hear 50/50, we are threatened by it. >> what did you say about this? yeah. >> i feel this issue is kind of talked out. >> what issue? what issue? >> not that i don't agree with it, but i feel it's just talked ou

. >> jane pauley is also with us. we have a busy day. >> have an awesome thirsty thursday. boss of us. jeff: braving the wild and each other. >> we haven't spoken for four months. jeff: are you putting me on or is this real? i'm a little uncomfortable here. [applause] jeff: hello, hello. jeff: all right, a little about me. i'm recently married. i work with my wife on the show and i'm learning how to be a dad to two amazing kids in a blended family. i'm hosting a talk show because there's a lot to talk about. this is an adventure. jeff: welcome to the show, have a seat. thank you for the nice welcome. all right, today we're going deep, deep into the world of gold mining down in the frigid waters over the alaskan coast. meet two of the stars of discovery's hit reality show "bering sea gold" and hear about their lives, very dangerous job to go down under with scuba gear looking for gold, but you are hoping to strike it rich. first, lisa ling is back again! [applause]

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that is right, every name i just mentioned from jessica alba to jane pauley is on the national rifleenemy's list. and that is just a small sample of who is on that list. the only o'donnell on the list is rosy, chris o'donnell didn't make it. and unfortunately, nothing i have said here about bloo blood-drenched lobbyist wayne lapierre, i have not made the list. in fact no one from msnbc has made the list, but nbc is on the list, and maybe we can presume that everybody picking up a paycheck is on the list. and that would put me on that guy on the list. but i don't want to be on the list with that guy. so i will just have to wait patiently for the nra to put me on the enemy's list. and when and if they do, i hope they don't put me on the anti-gun journalist section of the list, and they probably won't. it just doesn't a single journalist, just cartoonists, that is where you find frank rich, e.j. dionne, and the columnist, jimmy breslin, from whom every newspaper columnist has learned a thing or two. i want to be on the fun section of the list, where albert brooks is, it is by far the lo

. >> jane pauley is also with us. we have a busy day. >> have an awesome thirsty thursday. we'll see you for dry day friday. >> i'm jim cramer. welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> firms are going to go out of business and he's nuts! they're nuts. they know nothing. >> i always like to say that there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. >> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to save you a little money. my job is not only to entertain you, but to teach and coach you, so call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. what the heck do people want out of a company? what do people want out of a stock? how come you're not asked that when an activist is suing the best performing company of our lifetime? isn't that what we have to consider today, on a day when the nasdaq lost .11%? let me set the stage for people who may not be up on what's happening. before i answer these incredibly important questions i just laid out. this morning david einhorn an excellent hedge fund m

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