one of his favorite artists is the irrepressible jeff koons.nucopia of koonsian genius. all, of course, painted and sculpted by hired craftsmen. koons is nothing if not worshipful of eli broad. >> you know, morley and eli, i just have to say standing here, what a fantastic location. i mean look at the natural light that is coming in on these works. it's just a tremendous gallery. >> and the balloon dog? what does it do to you? do you get some kind of emotional kick? >> i do. it makes me smile, it makes me feel good. it make me proud, and it especially makes me proud when i see young people and others looking at the work. and it introduces them to art in a way that no other work really does. >> and a piece that quite honestly mystifies me. michael jackson and a chimp, is it? >> michael jackson and bubbles. when i made this series, the banality series. >> series of banality? >> of images. i was trying to communicate to people that whatever you respond to, it's perfect. >> if you find koons' art-speak incomprehensible, well just wait. >> these are

bridges did okay but one pedestrian bridge has been closed, that is the pedestrian bridge between koons and clinton street. the bridge is in good shape but the foundation level we noticeed the shearing. it is probably fine but we will close it for now. downtown, i have a map that shows closings of downtown. there are some copies on the back table if you would like to see them. again we are closing the streets because of the activities and debris perhaps coming from the safety per expectative at wilson and me at 2nd. and 1st from school, and a portion of main street from 3rd up to clinton and the side streets in between are also closed. it is a fairly dynamic situation with the downtown secrets. our goal, if things are cleared and it is safe to traverse those streets, we will open those as quickly as possible. that is it for public works update. >> in the back of the room we have a lit of the red tagged buildings if you want to use that as a reference there were questions yesterday about the specifics and there is a brief description of why those buildings have been red tagged. at this t

bringing you all the latest and greatest from the event kicking it off with my interview with mr jake koons now jake is the chief security officer at risk based securities and a black hat veterans one of the few who's been going for fifteen out of seventeen years and he's giving us the inside scoop on how the conference is evolved over the years and then in today's big deal i'm joined by the always always fabulous mr sam sachs and sam and i are discussing how an impending fast food armageddon armageddon of generalising an even bigger bite out of minimum wage jobs to carry stuff and make sure hungry you want to miss a moment and it all starts right now. our lead story today sanctions now ever since the u.s. and e.u. began issuing sanctions against russia in response to the conflict in ukraine russia's economy has taken a hit but it's not alone european economies are also looking pretty bleak as a result of all of this now however today russia's retaliatory sanctions against europe are beginning to seriously reverberate through the continent and one country greatly affected by all this is gre

bringing you all the latest and greatest from the event kicking it off with my interview with mr jake koons now jake is the chief security officer at risk based securities. and a black hat veteran one of the few who's been going for fifteen out of seventeen years and he's giving us the inside scoop on how the conference is evolved over the years and then in today's big deal i'm joined by the always always fabulous mr sam sachs and sam and i are discussing how an impending fast food armageddon.

bringing you all the latest and greatest from the event kicking it off with my interview with mr jake koons now jake is the chief security officer at risk based securities and a black hat veterans one of the few who's been going for fifteen out of seventeen years and he's giving us the inside scoop on how the conference is evolved over the years and then in today's big deal i'm joined by the always always fabulous mr sam sachs and sam and i are discussing how an impending fast food armageddon armageddon of generalising an even bigger bite out of minimum wage jobs scary stuff and make sure hungry you want to miss a moment and all starts right now. with . our lead story today sanctions now ever since the u.s. and e.u. began issuing sanctions against russia in response to the conflict in ukraine russia's a con. me has taken a hit but it's not alone european economies are also looking pretty bleak as a result of all of this now however today russia's retaliatory sanctions against europe are beginning to seriously reverberate through the continent and one country greatly affected by all this is

. >> senator koons, that was justs a few weeks ab. >> the larger question is we should action in congress i'm asking why was it in mid july that the treasury secretary said he didn't have the power for executive action to stop inversion and now the president says they tdo. d >> there are some technical areas where treasury can continue to apply. the impact of the 2004 law, let me be clear on this point. t in 2004, a republican congress and president president joint with democrats to pass a law tov assist inversions. there are provisions in that law that treasury is looking hard p at. th they would prefer that congress act in a bipartisan way, as they did a decade ago, to stem the jojob loss and revenue loss. in the absence of congressional action, i think treasury will step up and do something to sto the bleeding. >> governor, if president obama and treasury, if they take e executive action, will you try to stop them? and your former politician, or former mgovernor, isn't this a good political issue? once again they can say we're on the side of americans, and republicans are on the side o

simon: many foundations representing major artists like andy warhol, keith haring, and willem de kooninging to authenticate works brought to them at all. francis o'connor is the world's top jackson pollock expert. he says he can spot a fake pollock in a second, but these days is keeping his opinions to himself. what if i were to come to you and say, "this has been presented to me as a pollock." >> francis o'connor: someone comes to me about once a week. i just let it go by. >> simon: let it go by? >> o'connor: in other words, ignore it. >> simon: i'm not quite sure i understand. if i come to you and i say, "hey, this has been presented to me as a pollock," and you can see right away that it isn't, you're not going to tell me, "this is not a pollock"? >> o'connor: i would be very hesitant to give any opinion at that point, because of the legal situation. >> simon: where do i go to see whether my painting is a real pollock or not? >> o'connor: there is nowhere to go. >> simon: when collectors do have suspicions about their paintings, one of the few places they can go is jamie martin's lab.

spend on art, the 1% is growing, but there are -- 300 peopleion in the world to buy or sell a jeff koons. clients,t over these and have to offer huge commissions. that is why margins are shrinking and that is why they are focusing so hard on trying to get new clients. they are scouring the globe looking for wealthy new clients. christie's flew in dozens of wealthy chinese pet that is why they are focusing on linux and -- chinese. that is why they are focusing on is teaming upby's with ebay. >> thank you, olivia sterns. >> farmers under fire -- they just want to farm their land free and clear. ♪ >> the largest homebuilder in new jersey, my home state, if you know by now, if you watch the show, and the six largest in the u.s. announced they are expanding into the charleston, south carolina market, after unexpected drop in new home sales in the south and the north east. chairman and ceo ara hovnanian joins us now. good to see you. >> glad to be back. >> you have expanded into charleston. we saw these numbers about the southern markets. blip?at a lip -- >> it is easy to get concerned about w