host: joe thomas out of charlottesville, virginia.ell us about your show. what do you focus on? guest: virginia is a tree that never stops growing fruit. there is always something. apparently one of our lieutenant governor candidates is now that she had evidence that her opponent had had some kind of extramarital affair, then recanted when confronted about it and said i think i was hacked, i'm waiting for her to say it was the russians that did it. there is never an end to the things we can discuss with our listeners and we try to expose to our listeners. we take this very seriously in charlottesville. charlottesville, virginia is the home to jump -- thomas jefferson and james madison. the declaration of independence and the constitution come from charlottesville. this is serious business to us. aside from being home to donald trump's winery, we are very keyed into what is going on and a lot of people, both democrats and republicans were tired of the same old. my particular neighborhood in charlottesville was renamed bernieville. ever

host: joe thomas, tha we've heard from opinionists on the east coast, opinions on the joining us from iowa, another opinionist. talk show host, mr. conway, good morning. caller: good morning. it is interesting have you gone real h coasts and now in america. host: what is the message from real america as far as the lection with the incoming congress and new administration? guest: job one, you have got to the v.a., it is absolute indictment of our nation how we people who come home having defended our freedom. die og wait lists, this is disgusting, it is indictment well,cialized medicine, as that is for a whole other day. what we do to our veterans has be fixed. it is not even that complicated, it is a fairly simple fix. have to let them do it and hopefully it will happen days v.a. hundred overhauled. that doesn't mean there are bad medics and nurses and doctors, there are excellent people who absolutely want to do the best veterans, unfortunately, like most of d.c., bureaucracy out of its own way. host: as far as you said a imple fix, what is that fix in your mind? guest: that fix is,

host: joe thomas out of charlottesville, virginia.us about your show. what do you focus on? guest: virginia is a tree that never stops growing fruit. there is always something. apparently one of our lieutenant governor candidates is now that she had evidence that her opponent had had some kind of extramarital affair, then recanted when confronted about it and said i think i was hacked, i'm waiting for her to say it was the russians that did it. there is never an end to the things we can discuss with our listeners and we try to expose to our listeners. we take this very seriously in charlottesville. charlottesville, virginia is the home to jump -- thomas jefferson and james madison. the declaration of independence and the constitution come from charlottesville. this is serious business to us. aside from being home to donald trump's winery, we are very keyed into what is going on and a lot of people, both democrats and republicans were tired of the same old. my particular neighborhood in charlottesville was renamed bernieville. everyone

. >> i remember the joe thomas era. the continuity breeds success. do you have faith that jed york can make a good hire for coach and gm when you look that he hired tom sula and chip kelley and he didn't let trent bullke go when people thought he was the problem. >> the short answer is no. maybe he can get lucky but the puzzling thing is people asked him are you going to hire a football person slash gm to hire the coach and the coach's answer was not necessarily. they want a coach and general manager to walk in concert and the coach comes first and the general manager. >> that seems backwards. wouldn't you consult the dm first and make sure you are okay with the pick. >> you would think. again they didn't say they are not going to do that but they didn't say they would do that either. >> i think the couple of things that i took away from it, the make points was multiple times change the culture and speak to the fact that chip kelly was offensive minded coach and didn't think that they meshed well. >> it seems to me the change of the culture, you have

i will go back to when helen thomas left. joehelen thomas would always be the first person, the first question and because she was with the wire service and ap later. first. >> what happened is she left, became a columnist, it was a big concern. this was during the bush years. bush 2, george w. bush. what happened, this is typically reserved for stand up journalists who do dues. that was a big thing about being a columnist. she was there for 40 years because of who she was historically, once she no longer came they took the seat away and the person who got the first question was ap and reuters because reuters asked the first question at the press conference. joe: people don't know -- i am sorry, go ahead. why is it that the wire services get the first question? >> it goes back where we start out from. way back in the day the wire service fed is the information. we see it off the wire service but now we are all in the same room together getting the same thing at the same time. the wires are still standard, many of us the off of th

point in the the night but overall police seemed satisfied, chief inspector joe sullivan says there were zero arrests, thomas and alex. >> always encouraging when you hear in arrests, people have the right to protest, they have a right to bear their emotion bus in a peaceful manner. >> president trump is upsetting many people in philadelphia with his comments about crime rising in our city during his speech trump said murder rate in philadelphia was going up but statistics show the opposite is true. >> here in philadelphia the murder rate has been steady, i mean just terribly increasing. >> wow. >> city leaders quick liz yum pink to the defense of philadelphia, to set the record straight. >> steve keeley live at police headquarters, this morning breaking down facts and figures, steve. >> reporter: at one time this city had over 500 murders, that was in the 70's and 80's. now we have had less than half that. we had a 45 year low a couple years ago. mayor kenney is like what the heck is this guy talking about while we showed a lot of people our video from yesterday, very impressive show, by the philadelphia po

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joe. >> jim, good afternoon, and so far right now this demonstration here on thomas payne plaza is very peaceful. there are several hundred people out here, in fact, what started around 11:00 this morning, it was still drizzling, the numbers have just grown from that point on. again, estimated to be about several hundred, many of the signs out here reflecting people's opinions. they do not want the affordable care act to be repealed. now, we caught up with commissioner richard ross, just went last ten minute, we asked him questions about the city in general, and security, and facing concerns. go ahead and have a listen tacoma the commissioner told us. >> it is early, but a lot of people on the plaza, as you can see, very peaceful. very engaged group. so we got a long day ahead of us. so we will see what happens at the loews hotel. we'll see what happens. >> now, once again, commissioner ross also add that he is unaware of any planned mars at this point right now. so talking about traffic concerns, and congestion, we will remember that that traffic box basically secret service constructi

joe's a three pointer. the celtics f. three, just over four minutes left. thomasakes a handoff, transit finishes the hook shot gave the celtics go on to win that 120- 109. drink their commercials get almost as much hype as to give my soul. candycane buyers bring it to a whole new level by airing a commercial life during the game. the snickers bar and the actor is best known for his role in girls and the "star wars" villain. already teasing us with this thought. >> world's first live super bowl commercial but that of driver. >> show us how you deal with that kind of pressure. okay, nice. lauren: learned a lot from that. thanks, adam. during the super bowl on fox, february 5th. nicole: donald trump cracks down on immigration. today he'll focus on refugees. >> i could wait a year ago at the wall, but we have to build the wall. we have to sell drugs are pouring in. we have to stop people from pouring into our country with no idea where they're from. transfer the stock market set to continue today. record closes yesterday in dow 20,000. dr. crews of 44. nasdaq futures

president-elect will take the oath of office administered by clarence thomas, associate justice of the supreme court. we are checking with joe throughout the day. here is the latest from washington looking at pictures from the west front, adorned with flags and all kinds of pageantry. we will be reporting live right here on bloomberg. ♪ ♪ david: i am david gura. this is special coverage of the inauguration of donald trump. you are looking at a live picture of the u.s. capitol. terry's making their way in. we saw over speakers of the house, john boehner and newt gingrich, making it to their seats. we expect the ceremony to get underway and 45 minutes time -- in 45 minutes time. turning to a pressing issue facing the incoming trump administration could puerto rico's debt crisis. they're looking to end the crisis. today, i sat down with the governor. >> my role as governor is to do several things. the top priority is fighting for well-being of our people. retirees have the bare minimum to survive. keep what they are getting. otherwise, a reduction in that would essentially put them on the poverty line. of course, there are a wi

so thomas drayton, highlights from yesterday? >> oh, uncle joe at it again, right? we all love joe biden. so the vice president happened it up, taking selfies, kissing babies, charging families. one of the highlights of the congressional swear in's, oh, take a look here, biden got snubbed by a baby from north carolina senator richard burr's family. you saw it right there. the vice president, he went in for a little kiss on the cheek. the baby said nope. i'm good. no thanks. so take another look here. here is a incident being talked about today. the infamous dab by kansas representative, roger marshall, signed during his swearing in. paul ryan thought he had to sneeze. take a look. >> you going to sneeze? all right? he's sneezing. >> like you good? bless you. representative marshall had some fun with house speaker ryan afterward, in fact, he tweeted, just so you know, speaker ryan, he's grounded. paul ryan also tweeted about it saying just finished swearing in photos nearly 300 members countless cute kids, still don't get what dabbinn is, though. this time biden got

thomas. head fake, drives the lane, and look at that, spin move. call him the spin doctor. he puts the crazy english on the ball. the celtics win. and former redskin offensive lineman joe jacoby was named a finalist for the nfl hall he was a member of the redskins in all three of their super bowl victories. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet. local sled jump record fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder, get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79.99 per month online for the first year. hurry offer ends january 21st. only from fios. i love paying extra to file my state returns. i want my tax software to charge me at the last second. there is nothing i can do with an extra $50. said no one ever. file your taxes for free with credit karma tax. steve: we were talking sports. alison: tomorrow's going to be nice? steve: yeah, middle 50's. falls out, 39o

joe biden, with the last medal of freedom. >> and in the ceremony it came as a total surprise for the vice-president, thomas, seeing his reaction>> you are about to say easily one of my favorite stories of the week. did youe this live yesterday. >> yes. >> emotional, wasn't it. vice-president biden thought it was a simple farewell ceremony at the white house and didn't though about the award. teary eyed biden accepted the medal which is highest civilian honor. >> for the final time as president, i am please add to award our nation's highest civilian honor the presidential medal of freed om >> it what's motional had to turn around wipe away tears. as days wind down on the obama administration, president obama reflects on the eight years of their partnership. he joke they had a bromance praising biden for his job and accomplishment. >> from the situation room to the weekly lunches to the huddles after everybody has cleared out of the room, he has been unafraid to give it the to me straight, and even if we disagree. in fact especially if we disagree. >> i can say i was part of, part of the journey have of a remarkable man who did

thomas, nbc bay area news. >> well, coming up a touching show of friendship. president and vice-president, the award president obama gives joe biden before they leave the white house. with the xfinity tv app, anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. now to something out of washington.. that's getting a lot of attention. president obama.. ri >>> something out of washington that is getting a lot of attention, it is president obama surprising vice-president joe biden with the presidential medal of freedom which is the nation's highestian honor. >> also on display at the ceremony a kind of friendship that's rarely been seen between high-powered politicians. here's nbc's andrea mitchell. >> this has been quite a ride. >> reporter: it's a bond like we've never seen. >> the best vice-president america has ever had mr. joe biden. >> reporter: at times more like a white house buddy movie than a political partnersh