john cook is one of them. he is among 55 of the 62 elected sheriffs in colorado who is challenging the constitutionality of this new law and i should tell you also tonight this is not just colorado, it is happening in new york where sentiment runs high for gun control. you have several sheriffs ignoring new laws passed in the wake of the new town massacre. >>> now to montana. there are newly released tapes of police interviews with jordan graham who agreed to plead guilty to second degree murder in the death of her husband last week. this happened this summer. this was eight days after the two exchanged vows. graham pushed her husband, kody johnson off a cliff to his death in glacier national park. we are seeing police interviews with her after her husband disappeared. she denies nothing anything about what happened to him. >> what's going on as far as where he might have gone or who he might be with? >> i got a message saying he was going to go for a ride with one of his friends. he said he would take them to

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. >> sheriff by the name of john cook in welk county who refused to uphold the gun laws passed by theh of aurora. he's not alone. there are a lot of others who don't do it. it is the law, boys. let me give you a line i would use if you were a gun control advocate in colorado. th that is, the police that aren't following the law are breaking the law and ought to be arrested. >> maybe they can arrest themselves. dana. >> i am combining my two favorite one more thing topics into one for the first time ever. >> something rhyme with jasper. >> this is about jasper and dirks bentley. >> we almost made it. >> they started getting pictures of people sending in selfies of things they cared a lot about. if you go to instagram and hasht hashtagiholdon. >> set your dvrs so you never miss "the five." "fox & friends first" is next. >> it is tuesday, december 17th, military families across the country taking tips to make sure the new budget deal does not pass. >> all we have is our faith in our government to honor the promises that they have made to those who have served. >> what is at risk for the

i want you to listen to what sheriff john cook had to say.e of the sheriffs you're counting on in colorado to enforce the new laws. >> this one was purchased before july 1, when the law went into effect so it was perfectly legal. this magazine might have been purchased in another state. the free state of wyoming and smuggled across the border after july 1, maybe. and senator morris? are you here? i would like to ask you a question. senator morris. i guess i don't see him. law enforcement has to enforce these laws and i'm going to do a little game here. when you mix them up? keep your eye on the pea. let me make it a little tougher. which one's the illegal one? >> john morris, there is a sheriff playing games with the law that you passed. what's your reaction to that? >> well, the sheriffs are clearly elected officials. they are politicians and he is playing to his base. i get that. i think limiting the number of rounds that someone has access to, we know that saves lives. we know that in tucson, a 63-year-old woman was able to keep the shoote

stabbed in my neck and stabbed in my back by a john. >> cook county's task force arrests and prosecutesps, advocates like chicago's coalition for the homeless work to empower women recently freed from sex slavery. >> thank you. >> this summer at a vigil, they celebrated the success of victims who have survived. at first glance, tammy's gentle demeanor doesn't seem to distinguish her from any other middle-aged mother of three. but look closely and you'll find scars, physical and emotional. collected from seven years of being raped, sold and exploited. >> i look at the scars i have and it's hard to believe that actually did happen. i really did go through those things. >> tammy's downward spiral began here in a quiet michigan community. after marrying her high school sweetheart, she worked part time as a welder, raising three boys, but in 2002, her life took an unexpected turn. >> i was introduced to crack cocaine, and that led me down hard. >> addiction to meth soon followed. tammy divorced and lost custody of her sons, ages 3, 4 and 14 at the time. >> i never was into prostitution until

this man's presence and wanted to carry some of the grace that he exuded. >> my thanks to peter cook and john wall court in our washington, d.c. bureau. we have more coverage of nelson mandela, dead at the age of 95. that is next. >> this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. i am pimm fox. we are following the death of nelson mandela, who has died at the age of 95. we bring in tom carver. he covered the collapse of south african apartheid regime for the bbc. he is also the author of the book "where the hell have you been," the story of the prisoner of war, the son of bernard montgomery. so a career story for tom carver. can you tell us a story about what it was like to cover the apartheid regime in south africa? >> yeah. thanks for having me. it was an amazing experience, obviously, as a journalist to cover that transition. as several have said, there was nothing inevitable about how it came you out. it may well after descended to civil war. as a member of the bbc, i spent a lot of time covering civil wars in africa. i do think, as president obama said, that mandela's personal force of character d

i have spoken to john kerry on many occasions. democrats.ost aarlie cook says there is 50/50 chance where republicans could win back the senate. do you think it will cost you the senate? >> maybe cook will be right for once, but i doubt it. >> you think you will take control of the senate? do you think you'll lose a couple? >> no. they said we will lose last time. we picked up two seats. we have incumbents that are doing well. we have states like kentucky, georgia. kentucky, will you campaign for allison grimes? >> no. i'm a traditionalist. >> would you help her raise money? >> i do not and she needs much of my health. she seems to be doing well. >> let me ask about the white house decision to bring back john podesta oh who was a clinton chief of staff. >> when i was told this was , he could hear me yell over the phone. john podesto will bring political savvy to the white house. i think that is important. he was a wise choice. in addition, they will bring another. she will be the personnel representing the white house and the senate. she is just wonderful.

the real question for tim cook, john is absolutely right, has apple transformed from a company that cand do well to make products that are good but no longer be the massively innovative company that everyone is scared of? do we think that will no longer happen with apple? maybe. is that ok? maybe. it does make his job more collocated. >> thank you very much, bloomberg contributing editor and senior west coast correspondent, jon erlichman. you can check -- check out the whole team every weekday at 1 p.m. eastern time, right here on bloomberg west. we are back in two minutes with more "in the loop here ♪ -- with more "in the low -- in the loop." ♪ >> time for global outlook. in russia, 14 people died, 28 were injured as a man detonated duringon a trolley bus rush hour. it followed a similar attack that occurred yesterday. the international house of pancakes announced today that they have opened up their first restaurant in saudi arabia. it is at this restaurant that they will brand their northeast region. carlsberg, boosting expansion in asia, the world's fourth biggest brewer sangha they

contributing to something called the sharing economy we get more from nhk world john allen's ordeal. granted he is a cook and food researcher living in oakland california. although she contributes to cookbooks and works in restaurants. her income is irregular. so she uses the space in her apartment and her call an airy skills to bring in some more naps in my hosting dinners in her home. she uses this website to advertise for dinners she was the menu the deacon cost and how many people can attend. anyone who's joined the website can book a place. to buy us something to do the technical extra money to set up a few slate definitely helps. today seven hundred resolutions because she's in her kitchen she can cook comfortably the high and the moon. says almost all the guests are meeting each other for the first time for the service will hold two course meals for anything between five and thirty dollars depending on the menu landon gets into a douche and yes it is good. you can send a wonderful meal a very reasonable price. forty has no restrictions on this type of shared meals and host gets to keep most of the

john. what are we looking at. >> we're cooking a signature dish and a recipe. >> one of the pioneers in therant. >> and crab. >> this is clams. >> clams and mussels. >> let me little you dive in and do your magic. the secret revealed here today. >> this is a dish that you want to enjoy it and take the meat out of the shell. that's what is people enjoy that. >> and. >> thank you, chef. >> and this is. >> this is great grandma's recipe. this is a true family affair. we have matt and his father. >> how many generations. >> 4. >> that's 90 years. >> not yet. >> and so, i want to give a toast to nana rose. to find out more about wining and dining go to our web site and click on dine and dish. >>> women with women and man with man. 2010 video appearing to show the star of duck dine as city attacking gays. why people are supporting phil robertson even after his remarks. >>> the big sur fire the latest on the destruction and damage there. >>> spending the holidays giving back. >>> grinchs stealing deliveries. one woman may be responsible for grabbing other people's packages. >>> temperatures are ru

director john ram and especially elizabeth and john for their help on the master plan and we're also indebted to health director barbara garcia and lori cook for embracing this legislation and without any extra funding implementing the legislation this implementation entailed running a robust process and developing a plan that's truly grounded on what's happening in the community. i also want to thank the 41 members of the task force that met 10 times throughout the city to develop this plan to advise the department of public health and planning department on how to draft the plan and a special thank you for cochairing the task force it took a lot of work and meetings and a lot of conversations so with that i also want to thank in my office hillary ronan who has been working on this for many years and i think that in years to come this is one of those things that we'll look back and be very proud of the fact that we started this comprehensive planning that outlines the healthcare needs not only of the city but of individual neighborhoods and groups and i think that this is something that will serve the citizens of san francisco for many ye

john. what are we looking a at? >> we're cooking one of our signature dishes.muscles. >> let me just let you dive in and do your magic. >> sure. >> top secret. revealed here today. >> shrimp and the of muscles. >> beautiful. >> you want to enjoy it and take the meat out of the shell. people enjoy that. >> thank you, chef. >> just made fresh crab shrimp everything. hope you enjoy it. >> and this is great grandma's recipe? grandma rose. >> we've got matt and his dad, cosmo. >> 4th generation. >> that's almost 90 years. >> i want to give a toast to nana rose. bonebon aap ashgs tshgspatite -- apteet. >> and we have the forecast after the break. in the meantime, let's checking at the temperatures in the east bay at walnut creek. we'll be right back. >>> and we're back on kron 4 news. time to check at the forecast. and here's our meteorologist. >> this is a live look from the roof camera. we are waking up to plenty of sunshine this morning. mainly clear skies. some patchy fog, and patchy low clouds but mainly clear skies. we're in the 40s and we are expecting plenty

banking industry so jamie diamond shows john course on to be done with john course i would that if they didn't pay back that loan that he cooked up with m.f. global the guys don't whacker he's a mobster he's a shock well you know patents are the same thing is this part of the incest only one idea one germ of an idea is allowed now finally can be quite replaced pay-pal the reason why i bring this up is to bring up this point of diversity because meanwhile john ruskin a connoisseur professor at work business school says the brilliance behind the technical design of bitcoin is the fact that the mechanism for payment is a distributed network no one owns it it does not run in a data center owned by pay pal or master card a visa the added bonus no middlemen taking a cut from the transaction the big coin is the jamie diamond slayer and he knows it and he's running scared all right we've got to go stacy thank you so much but we must we must go to the second half of the show fight the cult of debt. all right stay tuned for the second half a whole lot more. steady stream of snowden related leaks no longer surprises but the only compass

john oates? >> no. all things are apple ceo tim cook and marisa mayer and sheryl sandberg have insight on to. at the white house with those rock stars, tech rock stars. big gain in stocks yesterday. a rock star day there. after the posting the biggest drop since august last week, the dow industrial is surging 130 points really great day yesterday. fed, fed, fed, fed, fed! it really matters to you. this is the second to last fed meeting for ben bernanke. there have been these fears that he might announce tomorrow he is trimming the stimulus that has kept interest rates so low and kept the market so juiced but citigroup fed watcher says history shows they don't like to pull back the punch bowl in september. it hasn't happened the last 40 years when they do that at the end of the year. a well-stocked and spiked punch bowl called an accommodating fed put us where we are today. the year the dow up 21% and nasdaq up 33% and s&p up 25%. >> that is good punch. >> it tastes so good. i don't know what the hangover will feel like but right now the ride is good. >> how long can you keep this going? >> ho

>> a few doors down at this sports bar, john laska is finishing up his shift as a cook when he hearsrd one distinctive pop and then three more following it and i knew it was a firearm being shot off. >> laska looks out from the door of the restaurant to see what the commotion is. >> i saw the car pull away. i didn't know if those were the ones shooting or what the deal was. i made sure to note the car, what color it was, how many doors it had, and that's the description i was able to give the police. >> although it's a dangerous situation, laska wants to do everything he can to help. licensed to carry a concealed weapon, he goes to his car to get his gun and then runs to the crime scene. by the time laska arrives, the armed men are gone. >> police came on scene and cordoned off the area. at that point their investigation took over. >> later that night, the man shot by the guard is found in a hotel parking lot five miles away. he dies of his wounds at a local hospital. with the help of laska's description, the abandoned car is found here the home of one of the suspects. the other two

holland cook, terri o'neill, great to have you with us tonight. >>> coming up, john mccain lends a handpresident obama. he is trying to shake up controversy by invoking the name of adolf hitler. did you know more coffee drinkers prefer the taste of gevalia house blend over the taste of starbucks house blend? not that we like tooting our own horn but... ♪ toot toot. [ male announcer ] find gevalia in the coffee aisle or at gevalia.com [ male announcer ] find gevalia in the coffee aisle if yand you're talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. for many adults, humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including t

dana hill back, amy walter, national editor for the cook political report and senior editor for the national review. thank you all. let's start with johner. just because the most interesting part of the budget being passed on the house side is john boehner coming up and really taking on what we believe to be tea party groups and conservatives. here's part of what he said thursday. >>> just comes to a point when some people step over the line. you know, when you criticize something and you have no idea what you're criticizing, it undermines your credibility. >> let us add that john boehner has been a frequent target of tea party groups conservative talk radio, et cetera. he does seem fed up. we all believe he's been fed up for months. why now and can he afford for this to be permanent? like, okay, these people out i don't know want to deal with them. >> i think it was a skirmish in a broader war. i think you can chalk this up to boehner 1, the others zero. we have a long way to go. the other issues coming forward, they're going to be much more controversial. immigration being one of those things. it's clear that on this issue, republica

cooking for the crew and. and dad received a telegram from the barefoot runner and and read it put it in his pocket and katie have said for god's sakes john what does it say and he said it's a girl her name is joshua so that sort of how it all started and the great girl yeah she is very she's a dear friend and. something from a story lately told ok this is the prologue all. there was a shrine in my mother's bedroom when i was growing up the built in wardrobe had a mare on the interior of both doors and a bureau inside higher than i was with a nor a of perfect bottles and small objects on the surface in the war and a wall of burlap stretched above it. pinned to the burlap was a collage of things she'd collected pictures that she'd torn out of magazines poems pomander balls of fox's tail tied with a red ribbon brooch i bought her it from woolworths that spelled mother and malakai a photograph of on mckenna saint joan standing between the glass doors i love to look at her possessions mirrors reflecting me into infinity i was a lonely child my brother tony and i were never very close neither is children nor as adults but i was tightly bound t

cooking loses her thrown. and we cannot leave out toronto's crack smoking mayor, rob ford. those are some of the scandals of 2013. joe johns gives us a look back. >> reporter: number 10, beam me up, baby. it is seldom you get to the crack answer of the year. it happened to the star of his own crack smoking video. toronto mayor rob ford got put on the spot in an open forum with the world watching. >> have you purchased illegal drugs in the last two years? >> yes, i have. >> reporter: ford was a trendsetter in 2013. leader of the pack in the category of mayors gone wild, with honorable mention to number 9, bob filner who resigned after sexual harassment allegations, including a former female employee that filed suit, alleging that filner said wasn't it be great if you worked without your panties on. he was sentenced to probation before assaulting women. number 8 in the worst mayor, kwame kilpatrick, convicted of racketeering, it pushed the motor city in the largest bankruptcy in history. he got the term he wasn't elected to serve. 28 years in federal prison. and speaking of elections, number 7 is not a mayor, but could have

cook has more on healthcare.gov. as lawmakers are asked to enroll, some are having trouble. including johnoehner. >> they have had some problems signing up for health care. they had to do it by the end of the day today. members of congress are facing the same technical glitches and sticker shock as they are retired -- required to drop their health care plans and sign up to the exchange. they would have to eat their own cooking. that is what has happened. the reality is that they do have more options. they can choose among the gold level plans. the government also picks up 75% of the premiums. lawmakers get into the online exchange for d.c., not healthcare.gov. that has spared them some problems. john boehner has signed up for an individual plan. he said it took several hours and he does not like the end result. a new $800 premium. >> my health insurance premiums will double. my co-pay and adaptable will triple. i am thrilled to death, as you can tell. >> many democrats reported problems enrolling. they are getting covert -- better coverage and cheaper premiums. they may be eligible for med

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cooking loses her throne amid a racial controversy. we can't leave out toronto's crack smoking mayor, rob ford. some scandals of 2013. joe johnsas a look back. >> reporter: beam me up, baby. seldom you get the crack question of the year in the same place. it happened the notorious star of his crack smoking video. mayor rob ford, put on the spot in an open forum with the whole world watching. >> have you purchased illegal drugs in last two years? >> yes, i have. >> reporter: ford was a trend setter in 2013, leader of the pack in the category of mayors gone wild with honorable mention to number nine, san diego's mr. smooth himself, bob filner, who resigned as mayor facing a tidal wave of section ooul harassment allegations, unwanted advances including a former fee may employee who filed suit. irene mccormack jackson alleging, he asked, wouldn't it be great if you took off your panties and worked without them on? sentenced home confinement and three years propassi s probatio. kwame kilpatrick, racketeering and extortion, it helped push the motor city into the largest municipal bankruptcy in american history. he got the term he wa

john will be at denim and diamonds. >> i was waiting for somebody. >> this shirt is all black. it's got pinstripes and embroidery. it's amazing. >> it's just good luck to wear tim cook black. >> apparently. >> for me, anyway. tesla higher by more than 10%. ben, great to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> china has not figured out how to tax vehicles. is this really the market that has the potential that people want it to have? >> obviously china is going to be very strong. i think that we have a little bit more bumps in the road. it's probably noise but it will take a little bit. >> you made a great call. we do give you props. >> in terms of downgrading the tok, really close to the high. your price target is 20% higher. >> yes. >> at what point do you say this could be a great stock? given the upside that you see to your price target, within your coverage universe, are there any other stocks that have the same or greater return over the next 12 months? >> i think there are bumps in the road for tesla. i think we have seen lower lows than we saw. i would rather be in solar. i think it's going to be one of the strongest years we have had. people get caught up becaus

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. >> in the task force in cook county is one of the more aggressive local law enforcement efforts aimed at rescuing trafficked women and arresting the traffickers and johns that exploit them. >> what's going on at the hotels? >> special operation's commander mike anton takes the lead on today's investigation. >> we're doing reversal. prostitution stings. our goal is to try to find the girls that are being trafficked and pimped out on the internet. so we'll answer ads and the girls are come to us. we have a couple of dates. one date set up and we'll also do an operation where we answer the ads and we go to them so we'll have two teams going out. we'll also post some ads of our own and try to have some men answer the ads to come to the hotel. >> today's operation is comprehensive, attacking both the supply and demand sides of the sex for sale equation. and focusing primarily on the digital street corner that is backpage.com. >> there's hundreds of sites out there. backpage has taken a hit because they're the largest. they make millions. they know and have acknowledged what's going on and they won't make an effort to stop it because they're making so much m

john boehner. very striking on capitol hill, how he has pushed back against people asking, will the challenge of these conservative groups and the tea party element going forward. >> thank you very much, peter cooknext i will bring in bill hoagland from the bipartisan party center, he worked 33 years in the federal government and was the federal budget staff director for 17 years and joins us from washington. what is different this time? >> thank you very much for having me on. what is different this time is for the first time in the budget act over 40 years, we will have a budget agreement where the senate is under democratic control and the house is under republican control. never in the history of the budget act have we been able to come together with that division. we have had budget resolutions in the past and 1986, the last time we had a bipartisan agreement when the senate was controlled by republicans and the house by democrats, this is a giant step, says mr. van holland -- this is a step in the right direction to find common ground between the house and the senate moving forward. >> has anything changed in the disposition between republicans and democrats since the government shutdown?

cook. a republican senator, very telegenic. interesting gentleman. and got involved in the civil rights act in i believe 1964 when he was with john sherman cooper. >> how often in your experience did the senators in leadership come from staff? >> fairly often. it was one of the major reasons why senators did not want to have professional staffs. it was not until after world war ii that they decided they absolutely needed them. they couldn't operate without them. but you hire these staff, you're going to have somebody who's smarter than you are. that person will be smart enough to know they can probably beat you in a primary. in some cases, that has happened. in other cases, they just succeeded their mentors. yes, it happens. >> we talked when you are retiring. senator robert byrd was alive. he was awaiting the opportunity to claim the longest serving member of congress ever. that's already been retired. it's john dingle now. >> it depends on how you define it. if you say senate, he'll hold the longest serving senate in history. i think that would satisfy him. it would be the frosting of the cake to say the whole congress. but today, he'll smile and say

cooking loses her thrown amid a racial controversy. we can't leave out toronto's crack-smoking mayor. those are just some of the standout scandals of 2013. cnn's joe johns look back. >> number ten, beam me up, baby. it's seldom you get the crack question of the year and crack answer of the year in the same place. but it happened to the now notorious star of his own crack smoking video. >> am i an addict? no. >> toronto mayor, rob ford, when put on the spot in an open forum with the whole world watching. >> have you purchased illegal drugs in the last two years? >> yes, i have. >> ford was a trend-setener 2013, leader of the pack in the category of mayors gone wild with honorable mention to number nine, san diego's mr. smooth himself, bob filner. who resigned as mayor facing a tidal wave of sexual harassment allegations. charges of unwanted advances, including former female employee who filed suit. irene mccorps mick jackson who claims filner claims he said, wouldn't it be great if you took off your panties and worked without them on. he was charged with three years probation for assaulting women. number eight, kwame kilpatrick, former hip-hop mayor of d

john. washington was a former. farmer founders didn't fight a revolutionary war to create a system of government where people can't grow carrots on their own land. >> suppose you like to cooke you're good at it and sell some of what you make. in minnesota, watch out. >> this is jane. jane bakes cookies. and cakes. and breads. and scones. jane bake it is treats in her clean kitchen at home. jane takes her treats to the local farmer's market. they're a hit. this is a bureaucrat of minnesota. minnesota doesn't like small businesses like jane's. when customers want to place special orders for treats, minnesota says, no. maybe jane can sell them from home. >> not going to happen. >> they're worried about food safety i assume. >> and if bureaucrats had their way all we would do is eat pablum from spoons and bowl that is the government gives us. that's wrong. you should have a business with an oven. >> they allow her to sell it at the farmer's market but not other places? >> not other places. and if you want to sell food and people want the buy your food, it shouldn't matter in a farmer's market or over amazon.com. >> the farmer's market, can't get more than $5,000 a year in sale

john sylvia. >> sure. >> merry christmas. happy holidays. >> all that good stuff. >> andrew, you must have said something. please. >>> coming up next from this high profile battle to apple ceo tim cooklove him or hate him, carl icahn was a difference maker in 2013. (announcer) at scottrade, our clients trade and invest exactly how they want. with scottrade's online banking, i get one view of my bank and brokerage accounts with one login... to easily move my money when i need to. plus, when i call my local scottrade office, i can talk to someone who knows how i trade. because i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade-proud to be ranked "best overall client experience." ♪ [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep everyone on the right track. the power tools introduce themselves. all the bits and bulbs keep themselves stocked. and the doors even handle the checkout so we can work on that thing that's stuck in the thing. [ female announcer ] today, cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everyone goes home happy. >>> welcome back to "squawk box." as we finish up 2013, we're looking b

. >>> we are here with james hansen cook at the press club talking about american phoenix. tell us what we don't know already about john quincy. >> john quincy adams is the only u.s. president who resurrected a dead political career in russia of all places. he lobbied for free trade. he'd been down on his luck and suddenly emerges as someone liable to be president. >> and you are also writing about louis c. adams. >> yes, this was his wife and she had to leave her sons behind in boston to go to russia and this wasn't her twice. and then she emerges as someone trusted with a decision making power in her life and death matters. she really changes and transforms to be reunited with her family. >> how did you come about this particular piece of subject matter? >> i read about the diary because she has a trip from st. petersburg russia to paris in 40 days and i thought this could be a movie. then i realized it means to be a book about both of them and their relationship and how they get strength from one another and so that is how this came to be. >> is the book empathizing your foreign policy in that era war is emphasizing