les moonves is number two. i know a lot of people that would pay les moonves that much money.you want go to his party to. >> they're printing money over there. that is hard. sometimes it's bad corporate governance. sometimes it's market. >> les under cbs the stock went up 70% last year. because les' pay package is heavily weighted towards stock, it's not a surprise he that he got a pay bump and is one of the best paid ceos in the country. >> sumner redstone likes to line his own pocket so he has paid the ceos of viacom and cbs which he controls extraordinary amounts of money for a long period of time action even when the stock wasn't going up 70%, because that way he could pay himself more. i think les moonves is great but i'm not sure $65 million a year is the right number for any ceo. >> gene, it looks like donny will still be invited to les's parties. what about you, do you want to comment about les moonves and whether he deserves his money or not. >> i personally do, but i'm not commenting, though. >> i've always loved les moonves. i did, i loved him. >> and how much does

. >>> les moonves responded to pundits who claim stephen colbert has a liberal bias. moonves stated at a conference on monday that colbert is much more moderate than people think he is. >>> and tv's highest paid star will make her primetime debut later this month. judge judy sheindlin will be in a special that will examine new court cases and her rise to daytime tv stardom. she is one wealthy person, though. >> i didn't even understand how wealthy she was until i found out. number one show. >> i know, yes. >> every local station bids on her show and she's cashing in. >> it is a staple. so true. i'm richard lui. this is "early today." we hope it is just your first stop of the day right here on nbc. >>> leading the news in the washington post, hundreds of kidnapped nigerian school girls reportedly sold as brides to militants for $12, relatives say. the post cautions it could not independently verify those claims. the girls were taken by armed militants from their dormitory in mid-april. >>> on nbcnews.com, new york teen accepted to eight ivy league school picks yale. he

he met with cbs chief les moonves but turned down the job because he feared he would get bored with thatx things up should have kept it to himself. a little rude to stephen colbert. >>> emma watson, she gets to graduate from brown university where she earned a degree in english literature. >>> there may be a new love in aaron rodgers' life. rumors are swirling that he's dating olivia munn. the two were spotted in malibu acting like quite the couple. i hate being aaron rodgers. might be great to be michael sam. the oprah network will produce a reality series based on him. it will look at the life of the first openly gay player drafted to the nfl. time will tell if the series alienates michael sam's teammates as lamar odom's show did to him. that show was, yeah, mixed reviews. >>> justin timberlake is doing his best michael jackson impression to the music video "never felt so good." it was co-written by veteran songwriter paul anka. ♪ ♪ baby love never felt so fine ♪ ♪ and i doubt it was ever mine ♪ >> i'm not sure. what do you think? >> i think it shows off how talented he is, in case you

reganmer coanchor trish spoke with president and ceo les move this -- les moonves.ot of ground. he is excited about football. that is a big win. joel mchale -- there have been lots of talk of him being the new host for "the late late show." that was making its way around the internet after les' wife twitted a picture of them. everybody said that is going to be it. he cleared up some of that. he said that was the first time he had met joel mchale. they might have discussions but there was nothing in the works. the other thing he said, neil patrick harris had gone on howard stern recently and said bhat actually the colbert jo for "the late show" had been offered to him. andmoonves cleared that up said it was not so formerly offered. there might be a variety show. those were a few things we cleared up. the other interesting thing is that cbs news.com is going to be launched as a 24/7 -- >> big change. ll be there effort to supersede cable. as we speak about digital, aereo comes to mind. that has been a big story. we spoke a little about aereo and the supreme court argu

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les moonves was second. $1.4 million is the average. the median household is $51,000 in 2012.o put that first number and third number on the same screen. it is a tale of two different jobs. the guy at the top and the rest of us. >> we have been discussing this. i submit, i am the boss of nothing. >> you are the boss of your mouth. you are the only one who can control what comes out of your mouth. >> at this hour, that is questionable. >>> donald sterling's fight to keep the clippers. sterling blasts the league and the process. he says the nba is violating its constitutional rights and hasn't treated others the same way for making similar offensive comments. what he calls similar offensive comments. team owners are set to meet on his future. in a statement, if they vote to sustain the charges, his interest in the clippers will be terminated and the team sold. in the meantime, his wife, shelly sterling, she is working to try to sell the team, but received no formal offers, yet. >> there will be offers. >> big, big offers. >> a campus in mourning remembering the six students murd

now, ceo les moonves has already said that if they win in the supreme court, cbs will seriously considerns. sue? >> morgan, thank you very much. we'll wait to see what some of those numbers look like. >>> fed chair janet yellen optimistic about the economy but says we need to keep a close watch on housing. diana olick joins us from washington with some of the reasons why. >> reporter: hi, sue. two reasons, because home prices are soaring, at the same time mortgage credit is locked up tight. how is that possible? cold cash. all cash sales soared to a record 42.7% in q1 of this year, up from just over 19% a year ago, according to a new report from realtytrack. cash makes up nearly two-thirds of the market in much of florida. and take a look at some of the other markets where more than half of the sales are all cash. new york, columbia, south carolina, memphis, detroit, atlanta and las vegas. all right, so who's using all this cash? smaller, individual investors, but the realtors are now saying that downsizing baby boomers are also playing with cash more as well. apparently now that home pr

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i saw les moonves doing the moon dance in the hallway so i'm thinking this is huge. >> this is a big week with the nfl on thursday night. it's a big lineup of divisional games which means always the atmosphere is full of energy and a lot more intensity because you're bringing in rivalries into thursday. >> in fact the first game is pittsburgh versus baltimore, right? >> they like each other. a lot of love between pittsburgh and baltimore. that's a great way to start it. >> we always see fans. they complain because the season's ending. >> yeah. >> so when you tell the fans there's going to be more games on tv, that i oar like yes. i do feel their enthusiasm when they're out there. >> other than more games on television, how is this game changing since you played? >> oh, my gosh. it's change dramatically. the quarterbacks have so much at their hands. they get to do so much. of course, they practice a lot less. i mean a lot less. >> really? >> yeah, they do. with the new collective bargaining agreement, they have work restrictions. off-season, during the season they can't wear pads. god

oil and gas firm nabors industry was the highest paid, pulling down $68 million followed by cbs' les moonvesnumber three at 55.3 million and trip advisor steven coffer, a newcomer to the list, earned 39 million last year. most of it because of a large stock option grant. despite these high numbers, shareholders do continue to support these pay levels. only 2.5% of the firms in the russell 3000 saw shareholders reject the executive pay plans on a vote. >> if company's bottom lines are lower and stock prices are higher, are the ceo salaries justified if you believe in the pay performance kind of a model. ed tor and cofounder of the corporate library joins us again and doesn't think so. good to see you. >> my company name changed. gmi ratings. >> gmi ratings. >> yeah. >> we stand corrected. >> okay. >> look, last time you were on we were talking about whether corporate boards were doing enough to rein in executive pay. why by these numbers, would this suggest there's still a problem out there? >> yeah. i think there's still a problem on it. i always say you've got to look at ceo pay like any ot