you're snapp up by estee lauder and became a marketing group. you were snapped up by kiehl's and became president. what is it about you that helps you go from the low end of the latter -- although makeup artist an impressive profession -- all the way to president >> i tnkt is the fact that i have seen the business at every level. i think the most successful marketers are the ones who know their customers theest. because i w was very focused -- i have only wororked for three companies.s. i hahave been using kiehl's for 255 years even though i have only been president for sex. i could look everybody in the eye and say -- i have only been president for six years. i could look everybody in the eye and d say this is the best product you can buy. >> some people in our a audience may think it is not that unusual that you arere an openly gay exutive given the industry that you serve but you a and i both know that there are many in this indusustry, male ecutives, whoo many believe are still living in the clososet why did you feel safe embracing your sexu

"we are allowing organized criminals to lauder their money" wrote one executive. today, executives sheepishly admitted there have been cover-ups and accounts were left open for years. >> is there any way that should have been allowed to happen at the time? >> no, senator. >> reporter: one hsbc executive admitted he made the decision to move money for a saudi bank. and the cia report says helped finance al qaeda around the time of the 9/11 attacks. >> did you believe what you wrote at that time? >> at that moment, yes. >> reporter: as to whether hsbc should lose its u.s. banking license, its senior executive today did not want to talk. >> do you think in this country you're helping? with suspected terrorism? >> reporter: brian ross, abc news, washington. >>> and in a scandal to a scorcher. word tonight that some officials at power grids in the midwest and the northeast are calling on consumers to conserve energy as the power grids move you under the blistering heat. now 39 states. and a new number on america's summer of drought. 80% of this nation is abnormally dry

saying is lauder an american pilot provides his rendition of a popular head the latest act of questionable conduct by u.s. forces in afghanistan. sanctioned down scrapped st petersburg bans a massive gay rally disappointing over a thousand activists who were expected to take to the streets discover the details on our website. our social media website wants to censor your posts it's aimed at blocking water believes are racist and of fans of obviates bought will a compromise the public's freedom of speech the president is in new york to find out the opinions of people there. twitter is instituting a new policy of blocking posts it deems racist is it ok for social media websites to pick and choose what can and can't be sad but this week let's talk about that favorite thing all right but some people still do. but that's the world we live in so should it be out there for people to see or should twitter take it down twitter should take it down so we're live free over here in new york where we live free but doesn't the racist person live free to post whatever they want but do you have kids do you

grant to model without permission the company's shares slid on the news is been a bird few days for lauder which also admitted sales have slumped fourteen percent in the first half of this year no asian shares traded yesterday's post of sentiment in the u.s. but chinese coal makers are under pressure of the mainland city i knew calls to improve traffic wall street should call for news over america's first manufacturing contraction since two thousand and nine. the fed will adopt more easy money policies to boost the economy and the euro strengthening to the dollar this ruble indeed mixed to the currencies monday we'll bring you the latest as soon as trading stocks here remorse go that's only under two hours time profit taking yesterday morning since the more six lower but recovered to where above fourteen hundred points as you can see there the edging high it was fourteen hundred world and actions that we've been hearing in the news all the wrong of kicked in sending crude higher to tehran plans to stop traders shipping crude through the strait of hormuz to countries supporting saying she w

. >>> the call grows lauder for a special prosecutor on the white house leaks.hat the white house is saying, not saying, doing and not doing. we'll talk about it with the fox all-stars when we come back. our fireworks. ♪ and our slip and slide. you have your idea of summer fun, and we have ours. now during the summer event get an exceptionally engineered mercedes-benz for an exceptional price. but hurry, this offer ends july 31st. it's a real spirited campaign, but we kept it civil. your face is like a butt. your mama's ugly. [ male announcer ] will vs. zach. that's my baby to kiss. oh, you don't take a swing at my hair! [ crowd gasps ] all class. [ male announcer ] "the campaign." is that a crossbow? aah! aah, that hurts! >>> we need to do the best we can to clampdown on it. sooner or later it will cost people their lives or our national security. >> there are investigations ongoing. i'm not commenting on the specifics. >> you said nobody in the white house is involved. can you today say nobody in the white house is involved. >> involved in which case? >> the p

they want to see them screaming lauder and more forceful because wall street is hooked on cheap money. and you know with the acb today, confidence -- >> european central bank. >> the cut was a surprise and of course the bank of england taking action to spur the economy. >> they're doing it at the same time, announcing it the same day which gives me pause, they're worried. >> they are worried. you and teddy had a fantastic conversation on a lot of reasons they should be worried. we expect a number tomorrow that if it comes in at 120,000, that's good news. really? this is a economy that in the past would be at 350,000. 120,000 is good news? wall street isn't sure if it wants 120. maybe at 50,000, maybe the fed will scream louder and harder. >> it might be routing for weak data. >> the market is more comfortable with short term fixes with cheap money. >> what is the history on this? this is what happens every time we go this route there they know the history but if they can get six months of a good rally. >> even low volume? >> even a low volume. the rally from 2009 was -- mostly on low

he needs large margins of victory in the southeast counties of miami dade forth lauder dale and palm beach as well as strong showings for orlando and tampa the famous i-4 corridor. but jewish, african-american and young people now need tending. >> the first african-american president we've had in the community. people are excited about it. i do feel that the president has got to come back to his base and make those visits to the inner cities. i do think that african-americans and other minorities and his base will continue to stay with him >> woodruff: but political scientist kevin wagner says that is exactly what the obama campaign has to worry about >> there's a enthusiasm difference this time around. last time he had a very enthusiastic democratic base. he had a lot of youth voters out. he did very well among the standard democratic groups. so his turnout among those numbers was very, very good. this time around he has a real problem with enthusiasm. among the democratic base >> i think we have to really shuffle them a little bit >> woodruff: of the three canasta players who voted

estee lauder losing ground. currently trading down again 2.25%.nd fitch gaining ground on reports of buying back a hefty amount of shares and that stock gaining over 4 -- so far in the market currently down 39 points. ty, back to you. >> thanks very much. >>> by now you probably know that the cnbc top state for business is once again texas. now we want to take a closer look at the other key states did, especially political swing states in this presidential election. are they better for business now than they were four years ago? let's bring in cnbc's eamon javers in washington and scott cohn still in austin. all three states we'll look at voted democratic in the most recent presidential election. start with wisconsin. one of the bigger movers of four years ago. where was it then? where is it today and what say you? >> yeah. well, you know, the interesting thing in wisconsin is that it was really a laggard in the study over many, many years. governor scott walker has come in and one of his priorities was to improve the state's business climate. the

reporter: from the tiki in los angeles to the may tie in fort lauder dale the bars and restaurants thosef bamboo and umbrella drinks so popular in the '50s and '60s are back. and a whole new generation is getting their polynesian groove on. what does the word actually mean? >> tiki was the name of a polynesian demi-god meaning he was man and a god at the same time. >> reporter: quite an entry way you have. >> it's a little bit like tiki disneyland. >> reporter: the book of tiki. it was pure escapism. it was like the island and the urban concrete jungle. you can make yourself believe you were on some south sea island. >> trade winds seem to blow. reporter: yet the tiki craze was actually born -- where else -- in hollywood in 1934. the brain child of a former boot legger and ship's cook named earnest gant later known as don the beach comber. >> he really was a beach comber. , yes. reporter: arthur snyder now owns the l.a. area restaurant bearing the beach comber name. >> every tropical restaurant in the world tries to derive from don's beach comber. >> he left an ongoing legacy that has st

drive carefully, lewis in fort lauder detail florida. call. >> glad you are there. i was watching the morning show yesterday. it was just quite disturbing. when it comes to gun control. why was everyone so careful not to say anything against the nra? >> they are a bumpnch of wimps because they have shown they are able to get in on this issue and nuts out to vote against anybody who supports reasonable, sensible gun control. right? the measures that are out there, banning multiple sales of ammunition, you know, like thousands and thousands of rounds of ammunition or having a report banning assault weapons? right? maybe requiring people to register guns they buy at a gun show as opposed to a gun store. we are not talking about taking people's guns away. >> unreasonable things. i actually heard a show saying the problem is there are not enough guns, if somebody had a gun, it would have stopped it. >> the craziest thing of all. can you imagine? there are so many studies around the world. the more guns the more gun violence, the more people a

evelyn lauder, inspiration, breast cancer. versace, elizabeth taylor. i babble my prayer. freddie mercury. there's ryan's name. >> it's nice to come in here and remember my life. there's nothing better than a church or a chapel. >> do you ever pray? >> i do, yeah. i pray for my son every night, that he's going to be okay. >> what's your biggest hope for him, for zachery? >> he lives -- grows up to live in a world that's much more tolerant. i'm always an optimist. i think things have changed. we have to respect each other. our religions, our color of our skin. we just have to learn to be a little more simpatico. >> you've evolved quite a bit, haven't you? >> i have, and it couldn't be better. my life could not be better. i am the most blessed person in the world. ♪ >> i have the greatest career, the greatest son, the greatest partner, the greatest family, the greatest friends. i have nothing to complain about, but i've worked hard at it. you don't get anywhere in this world without working hard. ♪ how wonderful life is when you're in the world ♪ >> by the way, we reached ou