that was the unforgettable soup nazi played brilliantly by larry thomas on seinfeld.you was the verdict jerry and the gang risked if they didn't follow the soup nazi's ultra strict code of conduct. that conduct was transferred to this t-shirt using larry thomas' image saying no serbu for you. it is the only product he has made not designed to kill people. his company, serbu firearms produces one of the weapons now banned in new york state under the new law pushed in by governor andrew cuomo. the banned weapon, 51.5 inch sniper rifle that costs $7,000. serbu has been publicly bragging that he has refuse today sell that rifle to the new york city police department because, quote, we have a policy of selling to state law enforcement agencies only what is allowed to be sold to private citizens in that state. and so the no serbo for you is aimed at every police agency in the state of new york, including the nypd. joining me from los angeles, a man who is not happy about any of this, actor larry thomas, seinfeld's soup nazi. larry, thank you very much for joining us tonight

remember the seinfeld character, the actors name is larry thomas. an advocate for the control. the company has agreed to remove his image. back to you. connell: thank you very much. more than 12% unemployment (. 7.7% year. the rates really very across we have the chief economist from isf. >> this is a pretty bad number. this recession will keep going for a while longer. there is not a motto of the news here. the one little tidbit is that the rate of the increase of the unemployed -- connell: germany has done a good job. their nation is the best of the bunch. that should mean something to how we operate here. is that an apple to apple comparison? >> germany did a lot of tough stuff about ten years ago. spain, greece they lost competitiveness. there is a lesson here. it is not an easy lesson. it is a lesson that saves time and it is painful. they have to do it. connell: you hear the overly pessimistic people who say we will turn into greece if we keep going on this path. where'd you come down on that? >> i tend to agree that we are in much better shap

thomas edison. >> rose: along with andy grove. >> jeff bezos, larry page and sergei bryn, steve jobs, even larry ellisson, henry ford, thomas edison -- >> rose: i know, but the reason i asked the question is someone smart, i can't remember who, this is the reason i ask, said to me, look, a hundred years from now they're going to remember bill gates more than they remember steve jobs, i promise you because of what he's doing in terms of -- >> oh, well that could be. >> the idea of how mammoth his philanthropy is and how he has gone at it with the intensety he has and absorbed by it he's putting his stamp on the planet in a way that no individual -- >> like andrew carnegie at the time. but do we ever forget henry ford and thomas edison? we just don't. the jobs narrative -- >> if you're writing about technology, what we have now wouldn't have had v happened without both of them >> right. >> and it was really terrific to have them together and it was actually 30 years after the first mass market p.c.s have come out to the year and they both were involved in that 30 years before. so it really was an amazing m

right thing to do is but it's not without risk it's risk that we're willing to absorb thomas you want to jump in larry i think yeah i really think it's missing the point it's missing the point victory i agree we should have an open debate in this country about what are terrorists terrorism policy should be we should have a debate we should never have a debate in this country about the use of torture which i think is one but we never have an open debate about detaining people let's have that debate but these eighty six men have been cleared after a thorough or thorough review they should not be held any longer while we have that debate at a political debate we did a detailed review for these people we have said we did more detail on the other two word initially clear that there were no wait wait a second that's a different issue they should be let out it's not enough to say we've had a hunger strikes there is an injustice. these men while we in our political. update to it aren't able to solve things these men should not suffer charles you want to jump in there i think there's a lead we going to charles

larry, is upset with the gun manufacturers. the company used his image on a campaign to thomas is an advocate for gun control.as agreed to remove his image. tracy: thank you. the momentum slowed in march a little bit. bob profusek is with now. i have to point out, you, sir, were dealmaker of the year in 2005. before we even start talking about all this stuff, what is different today than it was back then in 2005? >> it is not a financial product. it is an activity. it has been supplemented by private equity. what is different date is amazing liquidity of the financing markets. there is more money available at very attractive prices than ever before. it is way better than that today. it is low yield debt. it comes from every place. tracy: people are getting it. >> it is amazing. look at the heinz deal. it was a giant preferred stock yielding 9%. that is a pretty good yield today. tracy: the heinz deal with berkshire hathaway, the they'll feel that we will talk about -- >> most deals, over 95% of all deals are $100 million or so. that is what pays the rent for most law firms and some investment banks. tracy: yo