johnson. now president barack obama was born into a dangerous and difficult time in american history. a time when people were arrested and taken to jail just for sitting beside each other on a bus. it was against the law for black and white people to ride in the same taxicab or stay in the same hotel. people's homes were bombed and lives were threatened for taking a simle drink from the same water fountain and sharing the same table in a restaurant or at a lunch counter. there were signs everywhere, that said white and colored and they imposed an unholy order on the lives of the average american citizen. when president johnson used his political power and force of his will to pass the civil rights act of 1964, and later the voting rights of 1965, all of those signs came tumbling down. you will not see those signs and our children will not see the signs except in a museum or book or video. president lyndon johnson, this man from texas liberated not just a people, but an entire nation from inhum

meanwhile, johnson acolytes are annoyed, president johnson, they believe are a product of what lbj fought so hard to pass barely mentioned him even on the 100th anniversary of lbj's birth when he accepted the democratic presidential nomination in 2008. his rare mentions of johnss as a liberal straight man who makes obama look more centrist by comparesing. comparison. >> democrat lyndon johnson announced the great society during a commencement here at michigan, but it was the republican president before him, dwight eisenhower, who launched the massive government undertaking known as the interstate highway system. >> but now on the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty, after veering away from the "liberal label" for years, democrats seized on johnson's ideas about economic inequality hoping to mobilize their own base ahead of the 2014 election. >> in a speech 50 years ago president johnson talked about communities on the outskirts of hope, where opportunity was hard to come by. >> still its populist merges like new york mayor bill de blasio and not the president have become the liberal wi

and miss johnson. in a recording in which lady bird is critiquing president johnson's performance. and she said, come, come, you need to listen to this. and she pressed the button and nodded her head. some things do not change. even 50 years later. to all the members of congress, the warriors for justice, the elected officials and community leaders who are here today, i want to thank you. four days into his sudden presidency, and the night before he would address a joint session of the congress in which he once serv served, lyndon johnson sat around a table with his closest advisors, preparing his remarks to a shattered and grieving nation. we wanted to call on senators and representatives to pass a civil rights bill. the most sweeping since reconstruction. most of his staff counseled him against it. they said it was hopeless. that it would anger powerful southern democrats and committee chairm chairman, that it risked derailing the rest of his domestic agenda. one particularly bold aide said he did no

johnson in all the way. he is best known as walter white in the hit television series of "breaking bad." [police sirens] [gunshot] [honking] >> outside the neil simon theater in new york, we couldn't help but one into some of his fans. way? a good >> in a good way. >> you should come see the play. >> we will come back. >> come today. come on. you.s nice to meet >> we also went backstage. >> here at the entrance and we have going backstage. here we have some props that i want to show you. his favorite drink. that is all he needed. >> people forget that lyndon johnson was the guy who put this stuff in the white house. >> he did. he told nixon, he said, you would need this because you were going to forget what people tell you in private. he considered a recorded phone call private. [laughter] make sure they tell you in person -- and for the memoirs. he planted that seed. maybe he is right. i wanted to show you something. these are my your loads -- my earlobes. this onne is left. i put them on with glue. i can't

ning johnson's day, in -- i think in johnson's day, in that era, the intention was let's do something the betterment of the country. now, it's let's win. we're doing something to win, for our side to win. is that best for the country? it's many times not. so i think our president is unfortunate to be, in this day and age, to live in that kind of cesspool of attitude. >> charlie: he knew the game but also he had majority and also the fact that people wanted the country to do well after the tragic assassination of president kennedy. >> johnson knew he had that window of opportunity. >> charlie: the other thing that's fascinating to me is the idea of bobby kennedy. and here is a guy with all that he had, became vice president, and all of a sudden was diminished. >> lyndon johnson hated being vice president. compared to the senate majority leader, it was an impotent role. so then why did he take it? well, i think that he got trounced by kennedy in the primaries, and he saw the handwriting on the wall. he thought, my opportunity to get in to become president is limited by age. you know, ki

johnson. and michelle was of particular interest of a recording in which lady bird is credit teaking president johnson's performance. and she said come, come, you need to listen to this. and she pressed the button, and nodded her head. some things do not change. even 50 years later. it's all members of congress, the warriors for justice. the elected officials, and community leaders, who are here today. i want to thank you. four days into his sudden presidency, on the night before he would address a joint session of the congress in which he once serves. lindon johnson sat around a table with his closest advisors preparing his remarks to a shatters and grieving nation. he wanted to call on senators and representatives, to pass a civil rights bill. the most sweeping since reconstruction. most of his staff counseled him against it. they said it was hopeless. that it would anger. that it risks derailing the rest of his agenda. and one particular bold aid said he did not believe that a president sho

johnson and michelle was interested in a recording in which lady bird is critiquing president johnson'serformance. (laughter) >> she said, come, come, you need to listen to this and she pressed the button, and nodded her head. some things do not change. even 50 years later. to all the of congress, the warriors for justice, the elected officials, and community leaders who are here today, i want to thank you. four days in to his sudden presidency, in the night before he would address a joint session of the congress in which he once served, lyndon johnson sat around the table with closest advisors preparing remarks to a shattered and grieving nation. he wanted to call on senators and representatives to pass a civil right's bill. the most sweeping, since reconstruction. most of his staff counselled him against it. they said it was hopeless, that it would anger powerful southern demdeps and committee chairman. and that it risked derailing the rest of his domestic agenda. and one particularly bold aid said he did not believe a president should spend his time and power on lost causes however w

jimmie johnson on the right, kevin harvick on the left. rodney childress and company going for four as chad knaus chooses two tires for jimmie johnson. however this turns out, this is the big move of the race. >> you look at greg biffle, he's running sixth. bowyer running 7th. 18th is eighth. kyle larson, 10th. >> not only did the 48 team decide to do the two-tire stop, but they gave jimmie something he hadn't seeming like a sad pulse. does this make you nervous? >> good. i'm up here. my heart gets pounded. >> this will be the fourth green, white, checkered. that will have to scoot and get out of the way. >> whew. >> as we get ready to go. one to go is the signal this time by. and we will complete the advertised difference as they cross the line. this will be our first attempt at green, white, checker. >> like he's chosen the outside. >> let's just think about this. what if they workt together. what if dale jr. knew it was a coincidence. >> i don't think so. i don't think jimmie johnson gives a hoot about eric but -- >> yeah. rim hundred d

johnson called kennedy a martyr without a cause and said he intended to give him one. tone down his emphasis on civil rights and first major address as president because it was a lost cause, johnson replied, what the hell is the presidency for. he spoke with dr. martin luther king just days after kennedy was assassinated. >> you know you have our support and backing. we know what a difficult period this is. >> it's just an impossible period. we've got a budget coming up. we've got nothing to do with, it's practically already made and we've got a civil rights bill that hasn't even passed the house and it's november and hubert humphrey told me yesterday everybody wanted to go home. we've got a tax bill that they haven't touched and we've just got to not let up on any of them and keep going. i guess they'll say i'm repudiated but i'm going to ask the congress wednesday to stay there to pass them all. they won't do it but we'll keep them there next year until they do and won't give up an inch. >> but his ability to hammer out deals in congress was key to getting a civil ri

especially, kevin johnson. my pier as a mayor remembering certainly not my pier as a basketball player, but a great man and leader for our players. i want to make clear that what we just heard today isn't just about basketball. >> it stands for tolerance, diversity, it stands for civil rights, break-throughs, and most of all it stands for basketball excellence. we may be a two-team town, but today we're behind one team, and the players of the los angeles clippers who tonight we want to know that we love you, we are behind you, and that today we feel like justice has begun to be served. today we say we will not tolerate this from anybody, from any company, least of all one that bears this great city's name. i want to thank commissioner silver for bringing down the hammer, for being as strong as he could be, for saying that none of us as americans and certainly not as ang leanos will stand for the sort of racism that we heard articulated. this city is open for business, it is are aed for greatness, and that is re

you can see it on youtube, the footage of that speech, and johnson knocked it out of the park.went back and said, regardless of where you are, regardless of where you're part of standing is, regardless of where you are in the country, you need to understand that we are in a moment where we need to act on this, and that did an enormous amount in moving the bill forward. people often assume that johnson's greatest achievement was behind closed doors, and what he was doing, pushing senators, congressmen one way or another. i do not think there is a lot of evidence to show that he did that. i think he understood that the ball was in good hands with the guys in the justice department, with hubert humphrey. what johnson did, and what his real genius was, was to use that platform of the presidency, the presidency coming after kennedy to repeatedly hammer this issue and to make sure that it was presented as something that everyone had to get behind. he was not out there pushing one side of our -- for the other. he did a little of that, but now he was saying, we are behind this area now

johnson wants to take this up. a moment and despite all of the factions that you're describing, people recognize that this was the moment and it was important that you had a president who was willing to take advantage of the moment. johnson right after the assassination of president k kennedy and after the funeral, continued to talk about finishing the work of kennedy and used that as the frame for talking about the civil rights act of 1954. urgency was on the table and they had to come together because they had to take advantage of that moment. >> we'll take a quick break. coming up, more from the civil rights summit in austin texas and our guests here, we're moments from hearing congressman and civil rights leader john lewis introduce president barack obama. stay with us right here on msnbc. (meow mix jingle) right on cue. (laughs) it's more than just a meal, it's meow mix mealtime. with wholesome ingredients and irresistible taste, no wonder it's the only one cats ask for by name. why relocating manufacturingpan

it's not what we think of johnson doing. >> the image of johnson is, as we say, the guy who could talkhe congressmen, intimidate him and just keep them on the phone until he got a yes. >> there was some of that going on, but a lot of it was stepping back and using the power of the presidency. the soap box, as you will, to get up in every speech, every press conference and say i demand not just a civil rights bill, but the full civil rights bill. a lot of people were taken aback president senator dirkson thought he could kbo to the white house and say let's make a deal here. johnson said, absolutely not, you go talk to humphrey, but i will not accept anything less than the full bill. >> michael, when you look back as a historian at the civil rights act and all the other great society accomplishments for johnson, so much action in congress packed into so few years. what do you see as the keys to johnson having that kind of success on the domestic front as president? >> key was he had the second most democratic congress of the 20th century. johnson can argue it it round or flat, but it wo

democrats are rethinking the johnson legacy.john kerry, to bill clinton. he spoke at the johnson library without mentioning the 36th president. last night he changed that. >> we celebrate the passage of these laws at this place, because of president johnson's pivotal brilliant leadership, and passing them. just as abraham lincoln stewarded the 13th amendment through congress, johnson's leadership embodies the power of the presidency, to redeem the promise of america. >> part irony, part triumph that we find ourselves returning to the ideological battlefield of the era. the health care law that president obama put in place is the most ambitious domestic program since johnson's great so sigh is ti era, where laws striking down barriers stand in the greatest achievements of johnson's presidency. the party also is putting a new emphasis on income inequality, that carries echoes of lbj's war on poverty. there's a battle before the supreme court that moves to dismantle the voting rights act piece by piece, and to put in new barriers t

johnson's performance. [laughter] come, come, you need to listen to this. she pressed the button and nodded her head. some things do not change. [laughter] even 50 years later. congress, members of the warriors for justice, the elected officials and community leaders who are here today, i want to thank you. four days into his sudden presidency, and the night before he would address a joint session of the congress in which he once served, lyndon johnson sat around the table with his closest advisers preparing his remarks to a shattered and grieving nation. he wanted to call on senators and representatives to pass a civil rights bill. the most sweeping since reconstruction. most of his staff counseled him against it. they said it was hopeless, that it would anger powerful southern democrats and committee chairman , that it risked the railing the rest of his domestic agenda. aide saidularly bold he did not believe a president should spend his time and power on lost causes, however worthy they might be. to whic

johnson. it was part of a three-day event.austin, texas, to mark the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act. president obama speaks there today. bill plante reports on how president johnson pushed through the landmark legislation. >> no memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor president kennedy's memory. and the earliest possible passage of t pass rhts bill for which he fought so long. >> rep0 s or ther by battin the streets over racial equality, passing president kennedy's civil rights bill seemed out of the question for the new president. he brought up the civil rights bill and said pass this as a testament of john f. kennedy. >> one of the things about lbj, he was in the best sense of the world brilliantly opportunistic. >> reporter: joseph califano was part of johnson's domestic policy team. >> the assassination of kennedy, he used other things to get the civil rights act of 1964 passed. >> reporter: getting civil rights bill through the congress controlled in part by southern segregationists took all of ly

. >> i came here to honor president johnson's legacy. i live in california, so it's kind of close but not that close. i wanted to come here. my father worked for and in johnson and started the war on poverty. lyndon johnson appointed him ambassador to france and they shared a belief that those who were born us fortunate in that country deserved a fighting start, head start, and a developed a program to support people who did not have the support they needed. legal services for the poor, job corps, the list goes on and on. i came here out of his respect for -- out of my respect for his legacy and what he meant to our families who are working hard to carry on his legacy. i also came here to represent women. [applause] spent -- i have four brothers and was raised by a fearless woman who was a trailblazer in starting special olympics, so i want to congratulate all the people appear working on behalf of trying to make this a better place and better country. i thought today when we saw the film on lyndon johnson, he talked about a moment and e

johnson. talking about how hard it was to get it passed. >> he knew he had a unique capacity as the most powerful white politician in the south to not only challenge the convention that had crushed the draems of so many but to dismantle for good the structures of legal segregation. he's the only guy who could do it. and he knew there would be a cost. famously saying democratic party may have lost the south for a generation. >> between the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 196 are 5 democrats knew told each other the story they would lose the south for a generation. yep. and now according to republicans in the south and nobody's contesting them, it is metaphysically impossible for a democrat to win statewide office in mississippi even as the state reckons with its own culpability for the recent past, even as mr. antebellum ball is a republican nominee for the united states senate this year. commemorations like the ones today at the johnson library, they are for the heroes, r

lyndon johnson came out of the box on civil right. for president obama, he came out of the box on health care and, of course, the economy got in the way, too. but -- and in the case of george w. bush he came out of the box on war in some respects, things that he had to accomplish. there's a connection between them that's more similar than one would think. >> they all have had big struggles in their first terms and sometimes uncertainties in their second terms, if they get them. president obama also noteed that each presidency is the work of not just one man, but of multiple presidencies. it took president clinton to start health care, president obama to finish it. it took harry truman to start medicare and lyndon johnson to finish it. these works take decades. presidents of different parties. and he said we're just relay swimmers in a great current of history. whenever a president speaks in another president's library, they are mindful of the history. gwen: john f. kennedy started civil rights and lyndon johnson finished part of it. b

the meat in the coconut as president johnson would put it was the voting right's act. so he fought for and passed that as well. immigration reform came shortly after, and then a fair housing act. and then a healthcare law that opponented described as socialized medicine that would curtail american's freedom, and could rob them of their dignity and secure if i in their golden year, which we now know as medicare. [ applause ] what president johnson understood was that equality required more than the absence of oppression. it required the presence of economic opportunity. he couldn't be as eloquent as dr. king would be in describing that linkage as dr. king moved in to mobilizing sanitation workers, and the poor people's movement, but he understanding that connection because he lived it. desent job, desent wages, health care. those too were civil rights worth fighting for. an economy where hard work is rewarded and success is shared, that was his goal. and he new as someone who had seen the new deal transform the landscape of his texas childhood who has seen the differenc

that seems to be the message from adam silver or kevin johnson. we've heard this over and over from silver and kevin johnson, the owners have unified together to fight what kevin johnson and adam silver calls constitutio il racism. >> thank you very much. >> ross, i'm reminded there are millions of sports fans out there who have seen what has happened, they have heard what the comments were, and wondering what about my family? how does the team play against this backdrop, and pause for just a second to let them regroup. >> i think right now there is a sense of relief from the la clippers knowing that the decision handed down by the new commissioner was the right one. because there was so much controversy they were tired of answering question after question about owner sterling. now they can move forward and try to win the playoff series. it was hard before when there was so much terror controversy,m sure there is a--but i'm sure there is a sense of relief. >> we want to catch you up with the rest of the news today. it is not good news. there are m

i admire magic johnson. >> okay. good. >> i'm sorry. he's made a lot of change for the community, for the world, for the people, for the minorities. he's helped a lot of people. >> i'm finished talking to you. i have nothing more to say. >> he's someone i admire. >> good. >> and he happens to be black and i'm sorry. >> i think it's nice that you admire him. i know him well and he should be admired. and i'm just saying that it's too bad that you can't admire privately and during your entire [ bleep ] life, your whole life admired him, i don't care. but don't put it on instagram for the whole world to see it and then they have to call me and don't bring him to my games. okay? >> again, this is the photograph at issue with the girlfriend seen in this photograph with magic johnson on her instagram page and apparently this is, according to this voice that is believed to be that of donald sterling that is upsetting him, starting this argument between him. so today sports blog deadspin got access to an extended recording. listen to what was in

with magic johnson? >> it would seem that it's heartburn over the lakers/clippers rivalry. donald sterling has owned the clippers since 1981. magic johnson became the focus of the great laker dynasty back in the '80s and since then, it could be argued that the l.a. lakers have been the most successful franchise in professional american sports. they have won some 11 championships since '80. that dovetailed right along with donald sterling's ownership. they share the staples center together and it would suggest that perhaps, if this is all true, that sterling was just having absolute jealously over magic johnson, the lakers, and all of the laker mania that evades los angeles. magic johnson is royalty in los angeles. a lot of people and movers and shakers and people in the stand could suggest that johnson could run for mayor in this town. >> i love you but that has nothing to do with the rivalry. he did not want his girlfriend to be photographed with a black man and he said as much in that tape. again, acco

johnson & johnson it is the first u.s.eport earnings coming in at $1.54 a share. a beat even on the high end of estimates. take a look at revenue, up over 3.5% coming in at $18.1 billion. net income beating estimates coming in at $4.7 billion. increasing 21% year-over-year. the new driver was new medicine sales. optimistic for the full year. raising its earnings guidance to about $5.90 on the high-end. an increase of five cents. it let's get you some other company news that we are following. new outsourcing contracts and cost cutting -- boosting sales growth seven percent-nine percent for the next few months. new growth of 8.3% was forecasted. apple and its e-book monitor are getting a long. recently filing reports saying there was contentious relationships that have improved significantly. they are overseeing apples and 's -- google ads drones to its wireless cars and robots. the search giant is buying titan aerospace. oogle will serve titan with its project to send balloons to most parts of the globe. that is today's com

shirley franklin, robert kimball, and linda johnson rob. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, thank you. >> woodruff: next, a pair of education stories-- one about too few children attending school internationally, the other on a promising pilot high school in the u.s. let's start with a major global problem, especially pronounced in developing countries. there are more than 200 million children who should be attending school but simply do not because of a variety of barriers. that problem is at the center of a new u.n. initiative to get 57 million more children in school by the end of 2015. former british prime minister gordon brown is spearheading that effort as a special envoy for special education. i met up with him earlier in washington today before he spoke at the world bank to make his case. >> woodruff: what is at stake in this initiative you're now deeply involved in? >> i think it's the future of a whole generation of young people. if we cannot provide today's young people in asia and africa with the opportunity of education and

it was 50 years ago that lyndon baines johnson used his considerable political skills to push through here's senior white house correspondent bill plante. >> no memorial or eulogy could more eloquently honor president kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long. ( applause ) >> reporter: 50-years-ago when there were bloody battles in the streets over racial equality passing president kennedy's civil rights bill seemed out of the question for the new president. he brought up the civil rights bill and said pass this as a testament to john f. kennedy. >> one of the things about l.b.j. was he was in the best sense of the word, brilliantly opportunistic. >> reporter: joseph califano was president johnson domestic policy chief. >> the assassination of kennedy, he used brilliantly among other things, to get the civil rights act of 1964 passed. >> reporter: getting the civil rights bill through a congress controlled in part by southern segregationists took all of lyndon johnson's geill. here he is using his persuasive powers on geor

republicans hung around, and then clinton and carter rejected johnson, and the speech embraced the johnsonthink we have seen democrats do in a very long time. >> yeah, people in movies run from godzilla is how people would address the legacy of lbj. with all the challenges that obama and johnson have faced, their styles are very different. has that served this president, president obama, well? >> there are things president johnson did that if a president did them today it would be on social media immediately. it was a much less transparent time, and i think, you know, we have a much cleaner and less corrupt politics because of that, but some of the wheeling and dealing that johnson got away with, some of the manipulation, i don't think that kind of thing will be possible from a president today. >> do you get a sense of president obama sees health care reform as a continuation of lbj's great society? >> i do, and i think that this is where the hole was when lbj was done, we had medicaid and medicare, but there was a large swath of people who were falling in the middle, and remember, obama's

adam johnson?te democrats admit they will not have enough votes to pass an increase to the minimum wage. the senate holds a procedural vote on a measure to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10 10 cents an hour, 60 votes are needed. in oklahoma, a botched execution of a prison inmate last night, a new combination of lethal drugs left the prisoner writing and clenching his teeth, he died of a heart attack. washer execution delayed. in london, a strike in the third day. demand for london's bicycles jumped 70%. transport workers processing job cuts, those are your top headlines. >> our single best chart. >> one of my favorite activities, watching television. your use bunny ears to get tv? >> i do. almost $200 for everything under the sun -- nhl, nfl. >> you do? mine is $174. time warner cable. >> gautti eggertson, what is yours, professor? what do you pay for cable? >> i am not quite sure. >> it is auto pay, you don't look at it. for all the controversy over aereo, you do not see a lot. turns out t

this is kevin johnson taking some questions from the crowd. let's listen. >> i'm giving my personal commitment to make that happen. that was pretty clear to me. yes? i'm sorry? i think fans should come out and root on the clippers or warriors or whatever team is playing today. [ applause ] the fans' voices have been heard. when we say one family, yes, we talk about the owners. yes, we talk about the players. yes, we talk about elected officials. but at the end of the day, the fans are the life blood. they're the structure in which this league has a spirit. so the fans need to come out. you know what the fans could have done? if commissioner silver would have been wishy-washy, if commissioner silver would have not come out as forceful as he did, then there's no reason for fans to not say, we're going to boy colt and we're going to protest. but when you get what you want in three days' time, you can't move any quicker than that. all of us back here, we have a responsibility to make sure there's due process. we have a responsibility not to be too

i am adam johnson. today's moving picture.up has begun after three days of deadly tornadoes in the u.s.. from the midwest to the deep south tour through homes and businesses leaving at least 35 people dead. among the hardest hit states were arkansas and mississippi which accounted for most of the death toll. the boat in the first parliamentary election since u.s. troops pulled out. more than 9000 are running for 328 seats in parliament. iraq has seen a surge in violence in the weeks leading up to the vote. the world's largest, flawless vivid blue diamonds going on display in london. only five vivid blue diamonds weighing over 10 carats have made it to auction. this weighs in at just over 13 caret. christie's auction is scheduled to be held in geneva on may 14 where the ring could be yours for $25 million. good luck. today chief executives are thinking on their feet. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg often brings people he wants to hire on walks near the company headquarters. they close the deal to buy whatsapp in february after wal

nba hall of famer magic johnson says sterling must go. in a phone recording we allegedly hear sterling urging his girlfriend not to be seen in public with black people, and criticizing her for picture she took with magic johnson. this is that picture from tmz sports. all of this could threaten sterling's future as an owner perhaps. here is magic johnson talking today on espn. >> i talked to doc rivers yesterday and i wanted him to understand this. this is not his fight or the clipper players' fight. this is our fight. focus how do we win game four today and what's really crazy, doug, i've been in a similar situation when i was a rookie, we played your 76ers and i'm glad he was hurt. because doug to shoot the lights out. spencer haywood, our sixth man, got suspended in game one. we kicked him off the team. >> yes. >> we had to deal with that and still find a way to beat your sixers. >> right. >> then karim gets hurt in game five and find a way to win again. we understood our sanctuary with the basketball court. chris, get your guys ready t

outbotox maker has reached to johnson and johnson to see if they would be interested in acquiring it. this comes after the valley and pharmaceuticals made a nearly $46 billion unsolicited bid for that company. of therma the focus sector report. we are joined by marshall gordon. he covers the sector which has been very very busy in terms of m and a recently. it's been interesting about this, particularly with the deal just involving novartis and eli lilly is you're getting a lot of swapping and combinations. what is the strategy behind all of this? of thingsre a number going on. with respect to gs k and lilly and novartis, people are trying to get scale in their core franchises. it is not enough just to be big but any specific disease area or a businesslike animal health, you really need the scale to compete when all around you you are facing more price pressure and you need the leverage from yourselves force, you need the leverage to be able to negotiate with bigger and bigger payors. all of these businesses are trying to get as big as possible within their very specific niches. allot

& johnson that helped. global pharmaceutical sales topped $7 and a half billion, well above analyst estimates, surpassing prostate medicine sells, other big cap pharmaceutical names have out-performed the market even as other health care markets have swooned. with many under the affordable care act, the drug industry could see a big boost in sales. the people who signed up for that are the ones who would be the sickest and using the pharmaceuticals. arguably, the prices would go up. with bargaining power. >> investors are looking for from s&p 500 firms, expectations are for flat first quarter growth due to winter storms but stronger profit growth into the end of 2014. bertha coombs. >>> and despite the strong earnings, the next guest says we're in a decline. jeff, welcome, good to have you with us. you're not saying the quarters earnings are the weakest in 55 years, explain to me what you are saying. >> stake a look back -- take a look back, you can measure the earnings or the peak from one cycle to the nex

i think president johnson would be thrilled. we asked people a question, how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going to have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retirement. ♪ so, what'd you think of the house? did you see the school rating? oh, you're right. hey, babe, i got to go. bye, daddy. have a good day at school, okay? ♪ [ man ] but what about when my parents visit? okay. just love this one. it's next to a park. [ man ] i love it. i love it, too. here's your new house. ♪ daddy! [ male announcer ] you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. zillow. >>> today we remain locked in this same great debate. about equality, and opportunity.

johnson becomes the hero overnight. he becomes the first public american hero and 100 years later he gets a medal from the united states government. i think it was 2003 or something like that. the bush of administration gave him the legion of merit. that's a big metal but i guarantee you had he been white he would have got the medal of honor and had he been white he would have got the medal of honor in 1918 and had he been white gary cooper would have played him instead of sergeant york and had this unit been white james cagney would not have done the fight in six 69th. he would have done the fight in 369 raid it's not just that they were black and had to conquer racism, it's the combat record. conquering racism is bad enough but then to succeed so spectacularly in a war that let's face it didn't create a lot of heroes. when i was a kid i saw the movie glory a great story but what they have to accomplish that at this unit been white it would have been that interesting a story. it would have been about white soldiers dyi

>> well, from the owners, it's unanimous as kevin johnson just said.here is unanimity -- however you say that word -- they're united. >> everyone agrees. >> mark cuban just texted me and he said, i agree and support 100%. i spoke to another owner, just got off the telephone, and he said, donald sterling got exactly what he deserved. he's racist. so everybody -- all the comments coming in, a couple of the players i've spoken to are happy with this decision. they now feel they're in the playoffs, they can move forward playing the games. they can now put this behind them. they can wait for the nba now to take action with its owners to try and force donald sterling to sell this team. so i would say that the reaction, just like kevin johnson just spoke to city hall out here in los angeles, he said, adam silver, as you mentioned, gretchen, is not the owners' commissioner anymore. he's now the players' commissioner. he is our commissioner. >> adam silver getting high marks. i haven't found anybody -- just like the condemnation, i haven't found anybody who's u

joining me, scarlet fu and adam johnson.red to bring this our the formeritch, lieutenant governor of new york and former chairman, senior executive of headaches for the mta in new york. go to our official subway rider adam johnson for a brief. >> overnight u.k. economic growth accelerating in the first quarter amid signs of a recovery is broadening beyond consumer spending. gdp in the u.k. expended 0.8%. economic data in the u.s., 9:00 we have the s&p case shiller home price index and at 10:00 consumer confidence. bell,gs -- before the coach, sprint, mark. scarlet fu, you are dying to get in here. a coach just reported, $.58 share, beating consensus but sales trailing average estimate. we were talking about that last week. michael kors seems to be doing everything right and coach with a growth stock but seems to have shifted. after the bell you have twitter then atand ebay and 2:00 p.m. the mba will hold a news conference. the commissioner adams over talking about findings and the investigation of l.a. clippers owner don ste

i am adam johnson. new galaxy samsung's is out and apple stepping up its game. how the pros are using technology to up their games. 's christine lagarde has a rosy outlook for the global economy. have we turned the corner on a recession? the most important meal of the day is getting pricier. all that bacon. the 1990's tv stars, like after the sitcom. we kick it off with what everybody is talking about, stephen cole berta taking over "the late show" when letterman retires. >> this is a five-year deal between colber and cbs. no specifics on when he takes over for letterman. letterman's final shows will be in 2015. 2005, "thes debut in rt" has been a huge success for comedy central. he will show that to be himself. letterman is very excited about this replacement. s,cording to les moonve letterman told him "i cannot think anybody else." seems like everyone is showing colbert love. >> stephen colbert is up for the challenge. there is no greater joy than seeing a genuinely good man who works as hard as he ca

with me, scarlet fu and adam johnson.t, arron hirst -- aaron hurst with his new book "the purpose economy," a series look at what you may take lightly but actually really quite interesting about where you are going in your life, where i am going in my life, and where adam johnson is going in his life. >> i know where i am going, to london. it is the conversation about purpose. american -- america is actually number one? think again. here's why. there is a new livability survey led by the social progress imperative where the u.s. ranks 70th and health, 39th in basic education, 34th in access to water and sanitation. this is upsetting. for more on why the u.s. is 16 steps behind top-ranked new zealand overall, the index sponsored joins us from london. what is america getting wrong? >> well, i am not sure what america is getting wrong. i think the social progress index tells us that gdp per measures not the only of national progress that we should be focusing on, and the social progress index will help the u.s. and other dev

i want to start you with talking about johnson's evolution. southern congressman to a champion of civil rights? >> well, johnson when he ran for the senate in 1948 made one or more speeches that almost sounded white see prem sist, voted against civil rights legislation until the late 1950s. once he was vice president, he wanted to be a national figure. and the moment where things really changed was may of 1963, vice president johnson went to gettysburg for the 100th anniversary and gave a speech that was actually more activist on civil rights than john kennedy was and that's when martin luther king and the people around him knew johnson was someone who even as vice president, might turn out to be very helpful. >> obviously that relationship deteriorated at the point where we got to voietnam but talk abot the relationship between king and johnson. >> you know, it was sort of like king and kennedy. in the spring of 1963, john kennedy was on the fence about sending a civil rights bill to congress. then came birmingham, helped to be organized by d

. >> she posted a picture of evers with magic johnson on instagram. and an act that angered sterling. >> you can do anything but don't put him on instagram for the world to see and they call me. and don't bring him to my games, okay? >> the photo of johnson and the woman has been removed from instagram but the conversation is causing an uproar. magic johnson responded very ya twitter, quote,'ll never go to a clippers game again as long others donald sterling is the owner. the clippers play the warriors tomorrow. coach jackson responded to the fire storm. >> unfortunate and disappointing. i don't think there's anyplace in society for statements like that. >> sterling, real estate mogul, bought the clippers in 1981. he is the longest tenured owner the nba. clippers coach doc rivers spoke after a team practice. >> we had a great team meeting this morning about it. a lot of guys voiced their opinions. none of them were happy. >> the biggest statement we can make as men, not as black men, as men, is to stick together and show how strong we are of a group.