government of the people by the people, for the people, not so fast says michael francis, he should know, he's a former mob captain says the u.s. government is acting more and more like the life he left behind. i wanted to learn what he said so i met up to find out. >> my background and being part of that life, i see too many similarities in my way old life and things are being run in the city. >> you're saying that this is a mob state. >> mafia democracy, that's what i would call it. >> so many similarities and what our federal government has become. he wrote a book about it called mafia democracy, some people counsel him against it saying the federal government is too big a target even the man who michael didn't listen to anyone. >> the government has to do things the right way. >> i mean going to ask you a couple of things that the mob is known for and politicians, intimidation. >> taking a step further, extortion. i bring this out in my book. >> free speech? >> absolutely. >> election fraud. >> i tell you what i believe that. >> can things be that bad? i met up with michael in the mo

david: that was michael milk and chairman and francis collins. pretty extort discussion.traordinary, and honor. david: i agree. next, barclays investment bank vice-chairman is here. we talk everything from kandi crushed to auto sales on -- from candy crushed to auto sales on "bloomberg ." ♪ david: 30 minutes from the opening bell, welcome to "bloomberg ." i am david westin. stephanie wrote and we are joined by erik schatzker. erik: the vice-chairman of investment banking at barclays, barbara, great to have you. let's begin this hour with first word and here is david. relatives are making a good visit to st. petersburg more today. authorities say 10 bodies have been identified. they were bringing vacationers home from egypt. egypt's president claimed islamic state brought on the airbus. russia's government is making conflicting claims about the cause and they're telling diplomats to avoid the crash site until the investigation and. the company behind the keystone pipeline was to seal a court case comes out before seeking federal approval. transcanada asked them to

. >> sara: message was loud >> michael: loud and clear and emblem of solidarity outside the statehouse. francis flag flying at half-staff lowered in morning after the paris terrorist attacks. the questions now centered around whether the attacks will bring down plan to bring syrian refugees into the u.s. settling down in watertown woman and her husband and two children remember their old lives in damascus, lives civil war forced them to leave behind. >> we can hear explosions in the middle of the night. you can hear helicopters we like here it is safe for our kids and there are a lot of things america has place with a lot of opportunities. >> michael: the family are not official refugees. bringing refugees under fire since the paris attacks last week. french authorities say one of the attackers initially posed as syrian refugee to gain entry and now roughly half the nation's governors including massachusetts governor charlie baker are saying no for now to welcoming syrian refugees. >> no, i'm not interested in accepting refugees from syria. i would need to know a lot more than i know now before

francis. >>> drawing up a new plan, the mayor softening his stance on banning the horse drawn carriages. "today in new york" starts now. 5:00 a.m. on this wednesday, november 25th. i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm darlene rodriguez. chris is here with the forecast. >> it's a chilly start out in the suburbs where the temperatures are down in the lower to mid 20s. little better at point pleasant, a little below the freezing point. up towards the north and west, lower 20s, sussex is 21, danbury at 20.