here's our last interview with michael hastings. >> michael's out with a new e-book "panic 2012." the inside story of obama's final campaign. we understand you were almost kicked off the plane. there was a revolt. the peasants were coming after you. >> i do not get along too well with organized groups of journalists apparently. >> why is this? >> i try. >> what do you do? >> well, this time i was covering the obama campaign for buzz feed. during the last two months when everyone was kind of getting crazy about basically every little thing that went on, i wrote a story pointing out that president obama had shown up about a month earlier at a drink session with journalists. that's all i did, the fact he showed up, hanging out with journalists. that's it. knocking back a sam adams. i'm not allowed to say that, but that's what he might have been doing. i'm not allowed to acknowledge the existence of it. however, i did. i wasn't up on all the necessarily niceties. >> you're supposed to lie about what the president did. >> that's what i was told afterwards. even though it's part of the

. >> journalist michael hastings has died at the age of 33. was killed in a car crash in los angeles early tuesday morning. speaking to democracy now! in 2012, michael hastings said it was based on a false premise. >> wmd's for the big lie of the iraq war, the safe haven myth is the big lie of the afghan war. and what i mean by that -- and this was true in iraq as well. 99% of the people -- maybe even higher, honestly, the people were fighting weather was sunni insurgents or shia militias, the taliban never actually posed a threat to the united states homeland. >> in a major blow to voting rights, the supreme court has added an integral part of the landmark 1965 voting rights act. the act was a crowning achievement of the civil rights movement and helped transform the south. >> reverend jesse jackson, let's begin with you. your reaction to the supreme court decision. pain.ource of deep my father came from world war ii. they did not have the right to vote. i marched in selma, alabama for the right to vote. trying to get mandela the right to vot

the general's dismissal came less than two days after "rolling stone" magazine published michael hastingsticle about jen mcchrystal and his top staffers speaking despairingly about civilian leadership. he was replaced in afghanistan by general david petraeus. and general petraeus did serve out his time in afghanistan without being relieved of command or just plain fired, but it was only about a year into his tenure on his next job, which was head of the cia, before he too resigned after he was caught out having an extramarital affair. it's not been a good run, really, for some of the top brass served as the top of america's longest war. the worst allegations of all, though, were against a less famous general. general jeffrey sinclair, who was deputy commander of the 82nd airborne as of last year when he was abruptly called home from afghanistan. he ultimately is facing a list of serious criminal charges. an eight-count criminal indictment including charges of forcible sodomy. if convicted he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. his court-martial is expected to begin in six weeks be

. >> michael hastings reporting brought down the top commander of sufficient forces in afghanistan.st talked you with richard nixon, maybe the most watched political interview in history. speaker of the house served 30 years in congress. frank lawsuitenburg of new jersey served almost 30 years in the senate. >> feisty and beloved by new yorkers, mayor ed koch led it to economic boom. >> the iron lady margaret thatcher was britain's first prime minister. her strong alliance with ronald reagan helped end the cold war. >> mel son mandel in a triumph factual release, generous spirit and towering world substitute at your as the countries first black president helped heal a racial divide. they will all be remembered. >> at the end of our second hour, del walters unions us with a look at what we're following this morning. good morning. >> major benefits under the affordable care act taking effect today includes coverage for those who purchased insurance before december 24. >> government and rebels in south sudan agree to talks. the ceasefire talks marking the first meeting between the two

michael mays a 26-year law enforcement veteran. smith's funeral is on wednesday in castro valley. >> a san francisco police officer pleaded not guilty today to child molestation and possession of child pornography charges. officer hastings is accused of molesting a 15-year-old boy between june and august of last year. he was arrested after the boy was caught sneaking out of his house to meet with the officer. he says he met the boy online and thought he was of legal age. >> the family of a girl hit and killed by an suv on new year's eve filed a lawsuit against uber. the 6-year-old was struck crossing a san francisco street the driver said he was working for uber but the company maintains it's not liable and denied coverage for the victim. in a previous statement, uber said the driver was not providing services on the system during the time of the accident. uber refuses to comment further the family attorney just wrapped up a news conference about the lawsuit and abc7 news reporter leanne melendeez zil a live report at 5:00 >>> a college student is facing federal charges in a bomb making case arcs rested in pennsylvania on charges of possessing a weapons of mass destruction and for growing pot as well. vic lee is live no

michael and -- >> mark. >> -- mark. the question i have is, when you look at the churn and how that could be addressed by some of the things that hastings talked about, things that locking them in at a price that they would not be subject to price increases if you lock in, don't you view that as an extreme positive so it it's bad on the bear case, good on the bull case? >> yeah. i do. and that's why i said i have to capitulate on subscriber growth. i think management is executing flawlessly and attracting people and keeping them. that, i think, is going ton't co. i just think the content side of the through put side is going to see price go up and i think they're going to have to pass that through. >> you've got to realize these are 12-month price targets, not 12-year price targets. a 12-month of 160 just seems ridiculous at this point. >> yeah, you know, i think unlike mark, i think isps are highly likely to charge. i think rich greenfield pointed out astutely on the call yesterday it's going to be like turning up the heat when you put a frog in warm t water and suddenly boil the frog and kill him. you're going to start out small, tent

the list and reid hastings, the current ceo of netflix so you get a sense of the span and the disruption in the media industry. we have -- how do you choose between bob iger and michaelbusiness? but you hit on a key point, it's disrupters in various ways at various times. i argued strenuously for the inclusion of michael milken even though he is by many measures a scoundrel is some of his work took place earlier, but what he left and created certainly has defined the financial universe as we know and cover it today. >> and milken is on the list, at least the last i checked. tyler, it will be a lot of fun to make this list of the top 25. >> go and vote, everybody. go and vote on cnbc.com. >> yes. absolutely. tyler mathisen, back at hq, tyler, thanks. >>> david, carl ichan, has taken to twitter yet again. >> he has. been a while since we heard from the very large activist investor, mr. icahn, the largest position of, of course, which he is in apple and, in fact, that has gotten even larger. a series of tweets from mr. icahn moments ago indicating that he's bought at half a billion of apple shares over the last two weeks. he said our investment has crossed the $3 billio