and lew hay, c.e.o. of utility, next era energy on the dividend cliff and how tax hikes on dividends could impact his shareholders. >> tom: finally tonight, after all the billions of dollars spent on the election, those in office now have to work together to solve problems. and that's exactly what lou's been thinking this week. here's author and educator lou heckler. >> i used to tell people that when i ruled the world, everyone would have the same title on their business card: problem solver. isn't that why most of us get paid? a friend of mine asked recently, why is it that so many people just seems to want to argue rather than find an actual solution? good question! i think there might be at least three reasons. inertia: awful lot of people, even though they may argue this, like things just the way they are, even if things are broken. uncertainty: maybe they've been burned a few times or maybe they just hate not knowing the absolute right answer. maybe they have had bosses in the past who have not bee

of utility next era energy lew hay about higher taxes on dividends and stock gains. >> susie: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! black friday comes early this year. all across the country americans are already lining up outside stores, camping out for the earlier-than-ever start to the holiday shopping season. scenes like this are popping up in shopping mall parking lots. these tents are pitched outside a best buy in tampa, florida, where shoppers are hoping to get the early-bird holiday specials. with big retail chains opening their doors for black friday, on thursday night, there are complaints about companies putting commerce ahead of family time. walmart has been threatened with protests by its employees. the company filed a complaint with the national labor relations board hoping to stop the demonstrations, but the board won't rule on it before tomorrow. diane eastabrook looks at the personal price of thanksgiving day store hours. >> reporter: this is the calm before the storm at a chicago toys r us. manager danny soro thinks up to 10,000 shoppers will descend on the store when it

jack lew ticks those boxes. the strike is that republicans, you know, were not too happy with him during the grand bargain negotiations, they thought he was too partisan, wasn't the guy that could bring the president along. if the president wanted to tilt a bit more towards somebody that republicans would more comfortable with, maybe better off going to wall street, somebody like a larry fink from black rock. from within the administration hear talk of people like brainer, the supreme under geithner dealing with international issues. there's a variety of choices. at this point, i think jack lew is probably still the front runner. >> chris mathews, does the president need a bigger palate to paint with? does he need bigger names, larger figures than -- >> jack is a friend of mine and he's fantastic in any public service position. but i do, in a general sense, think this president has been weakened by a lack of confederates, not just a strong political cabinet. think of all the people in the cabinet nonpolitical. s

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yesterday cabrini pastor father lew resigned. several parents had criticized him for defending gurries' right to be at the school. she had to jump through a lot of hoops to volunteer. >> i had to get fingerprinted. i have to provide, keep my insurance updated. i have to do the h-6 record for my driving record. they wanted to see if i had any tickets. >> reporter: she said she was shocked to learn gurries was able to get the green light to be near kids. >> it does scare me. i think it should be the parents' decision, not just one official at the school or in the church or -- it shouldn't be just one person's decision that could affect hundreds of people. >> reporter: she and other parents we talk to agree, no loophole or letter is worth putting kids at risk. father lew will continue to serve with the diocese of san jose, but he will no longer be a pastor. reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> well, it could delay the delivery of your holiday gifts. workers at the port of oakland are on strike. they inc

we spoke with lew hay, executive chairman and c.e.o. of utility company next-era energy. you work in an industry known for paying dividends, the utility industry. has your company considered changing its dividend policy in reaction to what the dividend tax structure may be? >> first of all dividend policy is a matter for the board. so that's ultimately their decision, but i think it would be... even though we have not taken a firm stance on that at this point, i think it would be natural over a period of time to see companies do two things if tax rates on dividends are very high. one is they would... may not increase their dividends as much so the pay-out ratios may come down over time, but i think the other thing you'll see is companies use more debt financing than equity financing. you know, that just adds risk back into our economy. if there was anything we learned after the meltdown of '08 is that we want well capitalized companies not highly leveraged companies. would be an incentive to go back to the highly leveraged days. >> tom: is there a case to be made about ta

that's a nod to republicans because they prefer geithner over the president's chief of staff jack lew who republicans believe is stridently opposed to big changes to health care entitlements like medicare and medicaid. white house officials insist though geithner will be in the lead, jack lew won't be far from the fiscal cliff talks. >> pelley: major, what is the white house willing to put on the negotiating table? >> scott, just about everything except social security. the president argues that social security is not driving the deficit problem. it has solvency issues of its own but the president wants those dealt with downstream, sometime next year and on a separate track. now congressional republicans, especially those eager-- or at least willing-- to raise tax revenue want social security, medicare and medicaid as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations. if that's the price tag of a grand bargain, the white house says at least where social security is concerned it's not going to buy. scott? >> pelley: major, thanks very much. it appears the new president of egypt may be backing away

the president may decide to keep lew where he is and might look elsewhere. a bunch of names have bethrown there. mark warner, erkine bowles. at the pentagon, leon panetta's departure probably won't after until after spring. but some think that michelle will be the first ever woman to head the pentagon. and then in the senate, rhode island senator jack reed, and john kerry, the man who talked bob gates into staying at defense in the beginning of the president's first term. and then there's john kerry and some thought there if rice gets stayed, they still would want to put kerry in the cabinet somewhere. and then there's attorney general eric holder. long time target of conservatives. he said he's undecided about whether he wants to stay on. >> that's something that i'm in the process now of trying to determine. the first step has already occurred, that is the president has been re-elected. and i will have to think about can i contribute in a second term. i will have to obviously talk to him, speak of members in my family, particularly one, who i'm married to.

the president may decide to keep lew where he is and look else where.t the pentagon, leen panetta's departure probably won't happen unit thill spring but the short list includes michelle flournoy who served as the policy chief during the president's first term. she would be the first woman to head defense. jack reed a west point graduate and veteran of the armed services committee. and john kerry, if the president doesn't tap him for state. says he's still undecided about staying on. he reportedly told law students in baltimore thursday, "do i have some gas left in the tank? that's something i'm in the process now of trying to determine." >> these are intense, critical jobs and, yeah, there's a high burnout factor. >>> now at 5:00 tonight, a shocking resignation, the director of the cia steps down citing an extra merriarital aff >>> a shooting and chase that ends near the white house. >>> hear from the mailman who found an 81-year-old woman attacked in here home. good evening on this busy friday. we're going to begin with this breaking news. david petra

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kirsten mentioned jack lew moving over from the white house. around a name out there, erskine bowles. one of the two bowles-simpson. and if the president was to embrace bowles-simpson and put erskine bowles at treasury, would that be a signal that he is in it for the long haul on bowles-simpson in the broad term? >> i think it would be. it would be a brilliant idea. if he can get some kind of agreement on the lines of their recommendations, that will be a triumph. politically for him. and i think also, the country will benefit. i think one thing he might do if it's not bowles would be to offer the treasury to romney. i'm sure he would probably turn it down but it would be the ultimate gesture. i don't think it will happen. i agree john kerry will probably end up at secretary of state. i must say that my sources in the obama white house have been rather quiet since january 2009. [ laughter ] so i'm not sure i have any other inside information. i do that panetta is an interesting man, because he has said that the sequestration, the reduction of f

. >> i wrote the book in lew, actually, of running for president myself. i was just trying to contribute a few thoughts without-- without taking that on. >> stephen: you know what this book reminded me of? >> i'm afraid to ask, but what. (laughter) >> stephen: reminds me of my book, america again. saving america, america again. rebecome the greatness we never weren't. you know what, on amazon people who buy this book often buy this book too. i'll endorse your book if you will endorse mine. >> done. >> stephen: ready? go buy his book. >> my wholehearted endorsement for this epic work. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: well, tell you what, governor, we are going to take a little break. stick around for a couple of minutes when you come back, all right. >> and if i said no. >> stephen: i would lock the door. >> yeah, okay. >> stephen: well answer right back. with governor mitch daniels. thank you sop much. >> stephen: welcome back. we're here with governor mitch daniels with his new book, keeping the rep eck, all right, governor daniels, you are the governor

i think jack lew has the inside track, and i've worked with jack lew. he's extraordinarily bright.budget inside and out. he has a very subtle understanding of fiscal and also monetary policy. i think jack would be probably the best choice for the president at this point in time. >> all right. you wouldn't consider coming back, would you? >> if somebody asked, absolutely. if the president asked me, i'd be back in a minute. >> all right. there you go. thanks again. wolf? >> thanks, suzanne. >>> his bid for president was a long shot but that didn't stop the libertarian candidate gary johnson, the future of this third party movement, gary johnson. he's standing by to join us live. and that is next. [ male announcer ] when was the last time something made your jaw drop? campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> in case you didn't realize, president obama and mitt romney, not the only candidates for president on the ballot yesterday. third

you know, be as for all the other speculation about jack lew and who will fill the other roles.t's just speculation right now. >> i think the president faces a decision on susan rice whether he wants this fight. this would be a multiday questioning on libya and a promised filibuster by serious members of the senate. he may, but he may not. i think that senator kerry, even for the secretary of state job, he has been a troubleshooter for president obama. >> pakistan and afghanistan. >> and sudan. involved in those negotiations with the separation of south sudan. he's played an important role. you know, he would have a immediate standing with foreign governments. and that's a very strong choice at state it strikes me as well. >> michael gerson, bill burton, thank you very much. >>> up next the general's wife. why one woman is speaking out about the stress of war on military marriages. ally bank. why they have a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me wha

it's not 100% certain that jack lew will get the job. there is some support for him inside the white house. but if not him, who? and on the margins that's going to be interesting to see if they give him some fresh ideas on that front. >> chuck todd, you've got a busy day. thank you for starting with us. >> yes, ma'am. >> brings new details in the wake of petraeus resignation. joining me with their reporting, justice correspondent pete williams, nbc news national investigative correspondent michael isikoff and nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell, where a lot of questions are being asked as congress has returned today. first to you, pete, bring us up to date on how you think at this stage the investigation was triggered? what new we are learning about the trail of e-mails, particularly e-mails that went to and from general allen sp? >> i think the broad brush is well known and we're going back and filling in the tiny brush strokes on how this came about. it does seem clear now paula broadwell was sending e-mails to jill kel

jack lew is probably right. i think he'll do a fine job.aving a different second term, a different relationship with republicans, he's not the guy who's going to give that to you. >>, no he's not the guy. that's what i think too. >> one thing in his favor is his relationship with congress. you need to negotiate with them. they're going that on the fiscal cliff right now. what are you hearing? are we making progress or not? >> i think we're definitely making progress. i think your previous guest who talked about the dance of this process were right. i think maria is right it's a little too late in the game for first salvos, but that's what these are. they go to the 11th hour. they will this time. there is a possibility for a deal around $1 trillion in increased revenues, $1 trillion in spending cuts. how you get the revenue remains to be seen. there will be marginal rate increases. we're going to get a deal. we might get a house vote where it fails and the stock market tank, but they'll get a deal before christmas and we'll be fine. >> by th

guest: jack lew and erskine bowles are generally mentioned. i don't have any inside information on who the president might consider. we will have to wait and see. >> is there one candidate that you would think could take on the job? guest: it is a tough but in for a job but i don't have a statement. guest i want to g your thoughts and a new center, in in the next session, elizabeth warren. >> she developed her washington presence to set up the financial protection bureau. do you have any thoughts have the financial community will try to work with her especially if she gets a seat on the senate banking committee? i traded messages with her a few days ago. guest: has strong views about consumer protection. our members want a safe and orderly and fair and transparent financial system and one that treats their customers and consumers in a fair and appropriate manner. the key thing is to make sure as we implement dodd-frank and hopefully refine it so it is better, that as these regulations are imposed and implemented and don't go so far that you ch

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. >> finally, lew, you have been in this industry a long time and dealt with storms similar to this. maybe not the magnitude. but overall how would you describe the state of the infrastructure in the power transmission industry? >> the infrastructure is actually very good. there's-- every once in a while we hear in the industry people say we're not investing in infrastructure. and i can assure you that both from my utility and all of the utilities across the united states that's not the case. this, in this year alone the electric investor owned electric utilities will be investing more than $94 billion in upgrading the infrastructure. to put it in perspective, for our company we will be investing over $7 billion. and that's more than three and a half times the amount of money we make in a year. so this is probably the biggest phase of investment in the electric utility industry's history. >> lewis, great insight. thank you for sharing it with the audience tonight. it's lewis hey, executive chairman add next era energy. >> susie: new york is also dealing with a massive transportation

does he go left with jack lew?on favorite are getting the treasury, a lot of it depends on that. the overture, post-election overture to the banking sector, that is where my sources are. i am sure he is doing this for broader corporate america. we are not going to go out there, we are not going to propose a radical left-wing solution and we are going to propose the solution. the deficit reduction as a legacy issue, but i will tell you the devil is in the details. president obama did not deal the deficit as in this election. he ran on class warfare and other stuff. dennis: a legacy thing? the legacy, is he talking about the legacy of debt left by others? he has to fix his own legacy? charlie: his legacy. dennis: that means something. this man cares about his own legacy. charlie: that is why the banks believe him. i leave the guy's name out, of the people who was part of the conversation last night who felt fairly convinced the president committed to dealing -- at some point, if you want to be the president who wants

be we know how key this position is who is going to fill tim geitner shoes some are suggesting jack lew. number one he's extremely close to the president he has the president's confidence and it's very important that the person who holds that job as tim geitner is had has the strong backing of the president united states is number two asset also very strong is that he knows his way around washington extraordinarily well and most specifically around the budget and tax issues will be which will be front and center. dmitri can you guess is number three asset according to me now he's easy easy in what way he's easy as an easy easy money man. well i don't know but he is from wall street he was at citi group he executive with their alternative investments so he fits the protocol perfectly as i let him in there i think this is this is ridiculous obama says the treasury secretary. said krugman at the central bank in washington head of the preserve because you know academic in there who really believes in ramping up the printing presses i don't think at this point you should be playing around i

the top guy to replace timothy geithner, is jack lew. >> slightly less serious note we would like toit, apparently some head shaving on the broadcast this morning. >> the first on "this week." this is a great story. the top spokesman for both of the democrats and republicans, whoever lost the election would shave their head. this is sean spicer was supposed to shave his head. the rnc spokesperson. jon karl is doing the honors. >> he has no credentials. >> let's see how he does. this is all for a good cause, st. baldrick's foundation, for kids with cancer. >> all right, george, great to see you and george has a big show this morning, actor/director ben affleck will be here. also senators lindsey graham and dick durbin. >>> now to extreme couponing gone wrong. check this out, an expert coupon artist involved in a confrontation with a store manager who refused to honor her coupons. mark greenblatt is on the story. >> you have seen those pictures, frenzy shoppers attacking each other for those deals. this morning, a store manager at a dollar tree physically going after a customer for bri