coming up, we will discuss homeland security with michael chertoff. emily: president obama has announced a new counterterrorism task force charged with sorting social media. of representing washington, the attorney general, the director of the fbi, and the director of national intelligence, among others. representing tech, executives from apple, twitter, facebook, microsoft, and linkedin. it in thest discussed daily briefing earlier. take a listen. terroristsnnot allow to use online communication is some sort of safe haven that is beyond the reach of law enforcement or national security. that certainly means that there are some complicated issues to work through. the solutions are not necessarily obvious. what is obvious is that there should be some common ground. : what exactly is that common ground? joining us to weigh-in is the former homeland security secretary, michael chertoff. thank you for joining us. brad stone is still with me as well. one thing we do know is that terrorists have been using these andforms like facebook twitter and sending di

him him joining us to him weigh-in is the former homeland security secretary, michael chertoff.hank you for joining us. brad stone is still with me as well. one thing we do know is that terrorists have been using these platforms like facebook and twitter and sending direct messages. but why can, and more importantly should -- what can, and more important a should, companies like facebook and him twitter do that they are not doing? him him him secretary chertoff: him i think a lot of these companies do look at what is posted online and if it is clearly inciting terrorist activity, they will take it down. statements that might be viewed as sympathetic to terrorists him could fall under the first him him him him him him him him him amendment. the government has to recognize that there has to be leeway for what is protected speech under the constitution versus what is actually incitement to violence. brad: ever since the snowden revelations, we have seen again and again that users of this him technology are reacting very poorly to any hint of -- we have him seen tim cook talk about

is warning pregnant women to take precautions against michael chertoff bites when traveling to areas -- against moss kito bites when traveling to areas in central america. there's a fever, joint pain and red eyes and can last to a week. 70% of individuals affected have no symptoms. >>> honoring our state's bravest athletes. this morning, the law enforcement torch run for carolina kicked off its 30th year of support for the special olympic pick -- olympics. >> there's one thing from saving lives is changing lives. that's what we do for special olympics. when we meet athletes like josh and his special personality, that's why it grows every year. it really does. >> more than 22,000 south carolina athletes take part in the special olympics. >>> and you probably guessed it's going to cost a lot of money to see the carolina panthers take on the denver broncos. super bowl sunday, the average resale price of a ticket is $5,178. that's on pace to beat a super bowl record. a pair of club seats near midfield have already sold about 12 grand each. >>> tonight, traffic stalled on a had new york f

michael chertoff was a patriot essayed prosecutor to protect the homeland. end in 2004 and 2005 when he was secretary when i had eight hurricanes and four tropical storms $150 billion of losses with 200,000 homes that were completely damage to the point where they could not live in them. trust me, it was a big dollar and deal as we say. and i am glad the federal partnership worked you did not hear people complaining about the response when we got hit by katrina and the other seven hurricanes because leadership matters across the board. a leader does not blame the other person or do what our children do to say the dog ate my homework i'm sorry i did not do my math today. leader accepts responsibility and forges a consensus to fix things and working with michael chertoff made it possible to do that as governor and i am proud of the fact we went through the storms of unprecedented never has any -- ever happened and we've recovered at a faster rate than anyone could have imagined without much criticism don't you want washington to work that way again? [applause]

she will have michael chertoff. i want to go back to julie hyman quickly.have another news instrumentsng texas and analog devices have decided against an acquisition of maxim integrated products. had said it was hiring goldman sachs on strategic alternatives. shares are heading lower. [inaudible] holding study today, not doing much. texas instruments down 2%. we will be right back with more bloomberg markets. ♪ york, it is 3:00 in new 8:00 a.m. in hong kong. welcome to bloomberg markets. -- and 4:00 a.m. in hong kong. welcome to bloomberg markets. good afternoon, i'm betty liu. 2016. week to start the markets are taking a small breather today. they are still declining, though not as much after all the turmoil sparked by china. all on pacedaq, s&p to finish the week 5% lower which banks the question, are short-sellers having a banner 2016 so far? bearish bets against the s&p are hitting four-year highs as volatility remains a name of the game. and could yahoo! soon be on the blocks? the company could be backing off of its spinoff plans and looking for an out

of katrina that the department of defense wasn't doing what i was asking them to do, or that michael chertoff was ignoring the requests that i was making, i probably would have been fired on the spot for not having toed the company line. but that's my point about empowering civil servants to do what is right, and we don't do that in this country. we keep them all boxed in this these little boxes of rules. well, you know what? screw the rules. allow people to step outside of that box when it is the right thing to do. >> all right, former fema director michael brown, thank you so much for joining us. >>> there is some clean water headed to flint, michigan, as i mentioned. it is being provided by cleher. she's been on the front line on social media discussing this. we'll also be joined by environmental activist erin brockovich who actually started sounding the alarm a year ago about the flint water crisis. >>> also developing, winter storms from the south and northeast expected to produce wet, heavy snow. people are being told to brace for possible power outages. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer i

professionals from both parties, including henry kissinger, david petraeus, brent scowcroft, michael chertoff all have come out in opposition on the grounds it would undermine our security and benefit isis. these are professionals. they understand the risk factors. what we should be doing is everything we can to protect us from the threat of isil. that means let's figure out ways that we can share intelligence information among all of our willing partners. let's provide the leadership, particularly in those countries in which isil can operate so that the governments represent all the communities. there's not a void so that the sunni minority population feel that their only safety is with isil. let's make sure we cut off all the financial support for isil, including their oil expaibilities the transport of oil of the and this is what the obama administration is doing. let's make sure that we do cut off any of their opportunities to expand their capacity. let's deal with foreign fighters, people who come from western countries that go to these areas and train. let's make sure that we know where

and, finally, almost a fixture here at the foreign relations we have the general michael hayden is a principal at the chertoff group and a former director of the cia and the national security agency. we will have some questions about encryption and other things like that for him. let's start and we'll start in new york because we are live here. let's talk about the difference between large-scale attacks and the recent attacks we've seen in paris and in particular san bernardino. what kind of countermeasures can ameliorate something like san bernardino? >> let me start off by just saying we've got two different kinds of attacks that have taken place in the recent past. the one that spurred this program was for large-scale terrorist attack in paris. so i think with the assessment that i think we had already made but certainly should make is about isis is engaging in asymmetrical warfare against the country that it views as its enemies. it's not content just to stay within its territory in syria in iraq, protect and expand the territory, and other territories within the middle east. it's not content just use the