amino and we have a lot of african-american clergy and we're going to introduce now michael johnson with urban core. come on michael (clappin (clapping.) i have a few prepared remarks you know the rooerdz are able to a.d. live but i've got to write my stuff down so i can be clear. so i want to thank you all for coming out today to celebrate the grand opening of the mary rogers senior center. i was home last time and before i went to bed i was trying to put together the words to say. i thought about it for the last several months. and i decided to frame it with a couple of points of history in my life. the first thing when i i was a teenager and attended a career day in philadelphia and learned with r what an architect does. i realized immediately that's what i wanted to do and went home and told mom and dad. my schooling prepared me for the education but the passion for redeveloping neighborhoods you such as the western edition was god-given. it's been fulfilling over the last thirty years. the second point of my personal history is when we were asked by the members of this community to

we had a previous developer michael johnson's has stepped up to the plate. michael johnson stepped down with the china town and they said absolutely we want to be part of this they develop incredible housing projects so the partnership of those along with the tab natural to make this affordable housing possible t is absolutely incredible and i know ms. rogers is 13450i8 down on us to make sure wire doing the right things. i'm honored to be a supervisor at that time, like this is opening up to our population. it's a beautiful building. i haven't seen the artwork but mario was actively see involved and we have so many people who are important. i want to mention reverend town sunday who dealt with the fights and so many people made this probable possible. mr. king led the fight for the naming of the site after ms. rogers. it's an honor to be here and an honor to really have known ms. rogers and know when i'm making decisions at the board of supervisors i want to also know what ms. rogers do. if i do that i won't be politically correct and she was about that. yo

. >> i would like you to meet michael johnson. he has been in the program for over 8 years. >> nice to me you. what inspired your photography? >> i am inspired everything that i see. the greatest thing about being a photographer is being able to show other people what i see. i have mostly worked in cuba and work that i shot here in san francisco. >> what is it about being a street artist that you particularly like? >> i liked it to the first day that i did it. i like talking to mentum people. talking about art or anything that comes to our minds. there is more visibility than i would see in any store front. this would cost us relatively very little. >> i am so happy to meet you. i wish you all of the best. >> you are the wonderful artist that makes these color coding. >> nice to me to. >> i have been a street artist since 1976. >> how did you decide to be a street artist? >> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. it was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it rang

the inspiration for the new cleats came from the track thanks to olympic gold medal sprinter michael johnson't know anything about football, i know about speed. they said tell me everything you know, every athlete -- you will not find any athlete in any sport who does not want speed. >> that goes for car racing, too. you would not think footwear matters in formula one racing. tom gibson caught up with the formula one legend. >> known as the master, he has been making driving shoes in sicily for over 50 years. his customers included world champion miki lowder. >> race shoes did not exist, i had to invent them. i got a phone call from ferrari race team, i was dumbstruck. it was the best of the best. >> big sponsorship deals in formula one pushed him out. that has not stopped hollywood knocking on his door. the glamour of 1970's racing it mmortalized last year on the silver screen in "rush" brought business back. director ron howard asked him to make a copy of the shoes he made for lowder. >> being part of the movie was such a bonus. i can die a happy man. >> at 78 years old, he still makes han

olympic track sprinter michael johnson played a big role in developing the new 3-d printed shoe.gle ex-employees are going to washington to meet with the fda. they do research on sensors that monitor and logical data -- biological data. they may have learned a lesson from 23 and me which ran into problems with the fda. we will get to cory johnson in new york. >> let's talk about google acts. it is -- google x. it is a secret development lab within google. they use it to test their craziest projects like a self driving car or google glass. where are they going? we do not know what the secret is. the meeting with the fda may give us a hint. paul kedrosky joins me right now. paul, i know that you follow the venture world closely and you are a venture investor. what do you think they are up to? >> how can this be a story. it has nothing to do with aereo. >> maybe they will put aereo into our brains. >> right in the eyeballs. sign me up immediately. there is quite a bit of back story to this. people have been fighting this story since it came out. a guy wrote paperback in 2009 about b

i am scarlet fu with michael mckee and adam johnson.ny we are watching is sap, the german business software maker. shares are falling after it came out and pushed back its profitability target i two years. shifting from traditional software licenses to cloud applications where the revenue stream. it is a little less consistent than what it used to be. in the olden days, businesses would simply buy software and buy that front. or ibm,any, like sap was able to simply book the revenue at that time. now that they are doing it over the cloud and issuing updates over time, the revenue gets booked over several subsequent quarters and a means you to completely re-examine the cash flow. >> is a new model. a lot of companies going this direction. $20 billion in annual sales for sap, not growing as fast as it used to like the rest of the industry. --y are invested of investing aggressively. the co-ceo bill mcdermott joins us. thank you for joining us. when did you realize the old model was broken and you needed to move to this new model? sap is, w

the letter he wrote to, to the ceo of herbal life, michael johnson, is actually quite interesting.e letter there's just, very significant questions, and when the company said, in its comments that they look forward to answering the questions, hey, i look forward to hearing the answers, because he starts out by going after the, quote/unquote, capacity of their compensation system, which as you know, somewhat confusing and complex. but then gets in there and starts wanting to know, you know, why the company's statements about the percentage of sales outside their quote/unquote network has changed in various conversations with the company? you know, the president of the company, it said it was like 70%. then on cnbc, the ceo of the company said 90%. getting down to that and then drill down and say, please provide information about the percentage of your retail sales outside your distribution network. this is a significant question that people have wanted the answer to for a very long time. let's see if they have to actually give a detailed and specific answer. >> and here's the thing,

the inspiration for the new aeat was michael johnson, creative force in designing the new line, he spokenie ruhle. >> i don't know anything about football. i know about one of the biggest elements, speed. they say tell me everything you know. guys want speed. every athlete, you won't find an athlete in any sport that does not want speed. >> he does know about speed. >> they are so popular, i read somewhere that some of their new shoes are so in demand it is dangerous to walk the streets -- >> they keep releasing them over and over. certainly in the holiday season, that was a factor. see stayed off -- steve sadove, former ceo of saks, current board member of jcpenney. nike has been described as a fashion technology company. >> that was a great description. it is fashion and technology, they have done a wonderful job of associating with the best athletes. it is a fashion company, they do a great job of ridding out new fashion season after season. >> jeff gordon, they are the iconic home run. what is the best practice of making an image -- nike in image? >> getting the story out -- >> every

lori: tomorrow's business today, nike teamed up with olympic gold medalist michael johnson to have al cleat made with printed 3-d parts. it is designed to reduce amount of slipping before a runner begins sprinting this such date to nike's first 3-d cleat during the 2013 nfl combine. the new cleat will maybe its debut at super bowl xlviii on february 7th. dennis: like my keds will make me run faster. stocks back in the green one day after suffering their biggest decline in months and we can thank for the gains to come. still to come, matt mccormick and jpmorgan and wells fargo better-than-expected results. >> paradise found but capitalists only need apply. the effort to turn a tiny island off detroit into a free market utopia. ♪ [ male announcer ] e new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to boldids. that's why n york has a new plan -- dozens of tax ee zones all across the state. move here, expa here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and ows more businesses... we're open

magic johnson, larry, michael jordan. you knew michael so well. when he stepped away from basketball to play baseball, the pervasive rumor is you had asked him to do that because of his gambling, and you've denied that so many times. >> the media are a bunch of sheep, you know? some person on a sunday morning sports show said, i would like to have been in david stern's living room when x, when michael was there. and i was in my living room but michael wasn't, and somehow it's too much fun to just keep asking. >> it's not just players you've had colorful relationships with openers, as well. and i've got to say mark cuban has been doing nothing but singing your praises. >> well, that's because he's sharpening his knives for adam. we ended into a nonaggression pact. i said mark, why don't you just chill? we'll set up adam together and you'll go after him. >> you've fined mark cuban more than most people's salaries, yet you've won him over. >> i haven't won him over, but he knows i'm doing my job and in fact i think he relishes the fining. >> 200 coun

joining me now are new jersey assemblyman gordon johnson and nbc news national investigative correspondent michaelth for coming on the show. >> thank you, reverend sharpton for having me. >> assemblyman johnson, let me start with you. what do you make of these new allegations? >> let me say, reverend sharpton, that it's very troubling, of course, for the governor to come before the people of the state of new jersey and come before the people of new jersey to state that he had no knowledge of this action that was taken by his inside circle, by his inner circle. the collect committee of investigation that will have more now to look at as they piece this together. so it goes to credibility. either he has it or he doesn't. >> now michael isikoff, we are looking at this. but we really don't even know what we're looking at. we don't know what the evidence. we don't know if there is ethical or criminal or just political implications. and we really don't know if there is anything here at all. >> right. well, look. it is a huge development to have somebody who was a christie insider, who was a criminal app

michael johnson, sr.ve counts of knowingly transmitting the disease and allegedly taping the sexual encounters. st. charles prosecutor said that he can can be seen in a number of videos with at least 31 people have been unprotected sex. he could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted. >> in business news, we begin with breaking news from verizon, seeing a profit of 66 cents a share, beating estimates, sales rising 3.4% to $31 billion as it adds more wireless customers, also buying in tell's on line t.v. assets that include the cloud t.v. platform. details that have deal have yet to be announced. >> wall street getting back to work after the martin luther king, jr. holiday. the dow futures up 71 points now. investors focusing on quarterly results. one market watcher say earnings will be soft. >> american companies have cut staff and basically doing more with less and they've run that string out. now they need bigger sales to do well. the holiday shopping season was tough for retailers. they had a lot

wendy beck, seany, brand johnson, jc castle, cw johnson, kevin stall, michael, gary mccoy, crystal harris, reverend normal fong, debbie gold, howard bloomberg. >> you can line up on the left side of the room for us and your right side. go ahead please. >> good evening supervisors, good evening members of the police commission. my name is jackie briceson and happy to be here. i would like to say hello to chief sir and ed and what i want to do is draw your attention to the magic person who has to make this work. the magic isn't happening. see that wonderful sign that says "skate board and bicycle riding prohibiting on sidewalk." i pointed out to ed that i wanted to thank sandra. she works for mta and i'm a member of the access accessory commitment of the mta and i had asked sandra at one of our meeting, we just had the meeting today, to please look into funding because i knew they existed, the no bicycle riding or skate boarding on the sidewalk. find the signs and get them put up. she asked me where i would like to see them two up and i said 8th and market street, so if you were to go out t

he's sent a letter to herbal life ceo michael johnson and seeking details from the company.t in the cross fire if you will there. bill ackman remains soundly in the corner that says the company is not one that should frankly exist. the stock price, however, had been as high as $80 a share not that long ago. they got the audited financials and there might be a return of capital in some form perhaps through a dutch auction that would even force him even more so although much of his position now is in the form of derivatives as opposed to just an outright short position on which he is still down, but today the shares you can see moving sharply lower again on news being reported by the "hill" that ed markey is going to ask the s.e.c. and ftc to investigate. >> this is what bill ackman was waiting for, right? this is what was not happening last year given all of ackman's presentations, his multipage presentations why it's a pyramid scheme asking the regulators to step in. >> it's a senator asking the regulators to do so, they haven't seemingly responded to mr. ackman in terms of

michael stuart, for supervisor breed for johnson. president david chiu: do we have any further business before the body? >> that concludes or business. >> very well, we are adjourned. go 9ers. >> >> [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >>

michael stuart, for supervisor breed for johnson. president david chiu: do we have any further business before the body? >> that concludes or business. >> very well, we are adjourned. go 9ers. >> >> [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> >> so what brought you out here for the bike ride today? >> i grew up in san francisco but i have been living in new york. i wanted to see what san francisco is doing with infrastructure. >> cities are where people are living these days. the bay area is doing a lot with construction and the way to change the world starts here. >> we are about to take a bike ride. we have 30 cyclist. i'm really excited to hit the road and see what the city has in store. >> i definitely recommend it to people. it's a fun afternoon and you learn so many things. >> this is so much fun. i go to parts of the city that i don't come to. this will make the city a more susta >> hello, hello. let's gather now and start the mayor's hear all about dignitaries like you. what a beautiful sunny day i'm president of the board of superviso

michael stuart, for supervisor breed for johnson. president david chiu: do we have any further business before the body? >> that concludes or business. >> very well, we are adjourned. go 9ers. >> >> [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> >> we've never been in so much focus worldwide and will not be this this is a the moment in time when a story going and make a wish is a program that fulfills wishes for children we operate in every cities there are 62 chapters. our chapter was formed in 8984 we fulfilled 24 wishes. our chapter covers from movntd ray 17 communities and we expect to fully 3 hundred and 50 wishes this year. we send verizon's it out to the wish families and interviews the wish child and if you do their heartfelt wish then go to work to make it happen. dismissals is a 5-year-old boy who was diagnosing diagnosed with life without parole when he was 20 months old he's 5 hose now in remission he had his port removed hose monopoly on the chemotherapy. this particular wish the parents wanted to wait until he had energy. i began as

wendy beck, seany, brand johnson, jc castle, cw johnson, kevin stall, michael, gary mccoy, crystal harris, reverend normal fong, debbie gold, howard bloomberg. >> you can line up on the left side of the room for us and your right side. go ahead please. >> good evening supervisors, good evening members of the police commission. my name is jackie briceson and happy to be here. i would like to say hello to chief sir and ed and what i want to do is draw your attention to the magic person who has to make this work. the magic isn't happening. see that wonderful sign that says

michael stuart, for supervisor breed for johnson. president david chiu: do we have any further business before the body? >> that concludes or business. >> very well, we are adjourned. go 9ers. >> >> [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> >> welcome to the san francisco entertainment commission and i'm glad you're all here together. please turn off ourcells cell phones or keep them to vibrate. if you're planning on speaking there's those pink slips there are speaker cards. fill them out. a big thank you to sfgovtv and presenting this on air and on the internet. so let's start this meeting with the role call >> commissioner hyde. commissioner joseph. supervisor weiner. commissioner campagnoli. president tan and we have a quantum and for the record commissioner akers commissioner akers will be 15 or 20 minutes late and a i'm not sure about commissioner perez. so the first item is any public comment? we have time for any any public comment? related to the commission that isn't agendized so you're welcome to come up. seeing none. nope that ite

i'm adam johnson here with michael mckee, stephanie ruhle, and our guest host.e are moments away from the release of the private payroll reports, better known as adp. these are the guys who generate about 20% of the paychecks in this country, so it is a pretty good read. >> about as good as you can get in terms of a preview. member, private sector jobs does not include government sector jobs. >> and i want to bring in mark crumpton right now. what is the word? -- 230number is 200,000 8000 private sector jobs. that is a pretty good gauge of where things are going right now. the estimate was for 200,000. the last number was 215,000. added private employers 238,000 jobs in december. >> this is a good number. >> there was some concern after the services industry report that maybe there was a little bit of a pause during the month. this may give us some hope that, no, hiring continued. we get the jobs report on friday. todayre was a note out saying that the correlation between adp and non-foreign payrolls in the past month was almost one for one. that is huge. that i

michael stuart, for supervisor breed for johnson. president david chiu: do we have any further business before the body? >> that concludes or business. >> very well, we are adjourned. go 9ers. >> >> [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the san francisco playground's hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong and arts can crafts. >> you can use it for what

michael stuart, for supervisor breed for johnson. president david chiu: do we have any further business before the body? >> that concludes or business. >> very well, we are adjourned. go 9ers. >> >> [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> >> hello, everyone and welcome back to the finance committee. let's see here. to my left, far left is katie tang and she is the vice chair and commissioner david chiu, are you? we are off to a rough start already. my notes. >> okay, well you guys know who everyone is, let's just go ahead and get started. i would like to take a moment and thank jessy larson and charles for broadcasting today's meeting, madam clerk are there any announcements? >> no naounsments. >> great. could you call item one? >> items two and three, for the consent calendar. and these items are considered routine, and the staff are not planing to present these and if a member would like to sever an item for discussion, we can do that. >> all right. >> thank you very much. >> so would anyone like to sever this item? >> would any of the c

michael bloomberg is third and charles b. johnsone're just getting word that children's hospital in oakland may give us an update on the jahi mcmath situation in the next few minutes. she's the teenager who doctors have declared brain dead after having her tonsils we moved. a -- rae moved. a crew -- removed. a crew is on the way. we'll have the latest at 5:00 today. we'll also tweet it out. so make sure you are following twitter. >>> thank you for choosing ktvu. we'll see you the next time news breaks. alex paen: the following program contains actual video of real animal emergencies and is suitable for family viewing. coming next, a dog is trapped in flood waters. plus, thousands of pets try to survive hurricanes. and attempting to save stranded pigs. this is animal rescue. [captioning made possible by telco productions, inc.]

i'm michael eaves and that's a look at sports. >> actor russell johnson passed away at the age of 89.ohnson played villa answer, from films it came from outer space. >>> dave madden from the partridge family died. danny bonaduce posted on facebook, he taught me to drive a car when i was 10, one of my great memories. >>> an act of compassion is spreading the word about autism. the mother was so touched by the way a stranger treated her daughter, she decided to start a blog point. so began the post, dear aday in seat 16c flight from philly. >> he found a way to communicate. it makes me emotionally. he treated her like a little person. >> the stranger eric h urveghtsnkle has now recorrect connected after a family member forwarded him the post. thanks for watching al jazeera america. the stream is coming up next.

i am adam johnson with michael mckee and stephanie ruhle.us in the next hour. we have the maven in telecom media and all things digital. he started his career at at&t. he now sits on several boards, including target, western union. what a pleasure having you here. >> it is fun to be here. >> >> absolutely. you have all these things happening not just in the u.s., but everywhere in the world. toyou are the perfect guy have on hand. we want to go through our agenda item. just a half hour, mario draghi will be talking to reporters. the ecb president taking the podium. ,nd the european central bank no interest rate. also, the weekly jobs claims report. this

joining me as michael mckee and adam johnson. tom keene is in dallas for the world economic forum. world economic forum. >> in honor of tom being in davos, we will start with europe. sap, the big software company, shares are falling the most in six months. they're basically pushing other profitability target for another two years as companies shift to the cloud. we will have the co-ceo bill mcdermott join us in about half an hour. we have earnings in

reporter: for years the nba would struggle that is until the arrival of stars like larry bird magic johnson, michaelin an arena. they could sit back and collect. all together $300 million. >> reporter: recently the two sides announced the conditional agreement to end the original contract that would reportedly pay them an additional 500 million dollars plus additional fees. >> it's one of the most one-sided contracts ever struck. put it all together they'll probably come away with about billion dollars. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning" saturday terrell brown. >> he knows all about this. he's now executive droevgt the national basketball coaches association and ceo of the sports marketing company nfg. good morning, michael. thank you for bridging your vintage aba ball that i know you took out of the case just for us. this deal when it was first signed you characterized it as a peanut deal. nobody thought it would amount to much? >> a peanut deal. in hindsight, no one knew where it would stand, where it could go, so on and soo forth. a small live of revenue here and there. all of a sudden the spigo

i am michael mckee with stephanie ruhle and adam johnson. >> moments away from the december jobs reportis is big. taking a look at futures, up. typically ahead of a big number, you see markets flat, today, optimists. s&p futures up 8.5 points, dow futures up 65, nasdaq futures up on must 1/3 of a percent. of a percent,/3 there is a chance we could go below 7%. imagine 6.8%. >> normally you don't do this much movement ahead of a jobs report. you must think it is going to be good. sense iss to make robert wolf, former ceo of ubs america, chief economist at raymond james, scott brown. >> looking for a gain of around 230,000. there is a lot of uncertainty because of seasonal adjustment on the unemployment rate. holding at 7%, getting benchmark revisions. some uncertainty as we head into these. >> you did not hear that i said 232,000. >> no. >> alright. >> like wall street, you have got to put your money on the table. each one of us has a forecast. >> what am i going to do with that $80? >> stephanie is the bull. >> in more ways than one. >> robert seems to think that a lucky number. he has

quickly, michael, has this been the case for decades, centuries? >> lyndon johnsonhe union address, the problem is he said they are like grandma's night shirt that got to cover everything. >> there you go. >> that was his joke, not mine. >> okay, we'll give you credit. good job. we'll have you on again, appreciate it. >> yes, indeed, we allow for everything here. >> john lovet on your left and michael beshlosh. thank you. >>> minnesota, illinois, they are used to scenes like this, but louisiana, georgia, not so much. how the deep south is bracing for an onslaught of winter weather. >>> also ahead, some have called him an aisle hog. whatever you call him, he seems to get a prime spot at every single state of the union. i'll talk to congressman eliot engel about that and tonight's address coming up. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] old el paso frozen entrées. now in freezers. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. [ male announcer ] that's why there's ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age, your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key

johnson. the massive internet blackout in china, how did this affect social websites? michael new york and our senior correspondent jon erlichman in los angeles. when you look at the world of twitter and facebook, a giant part of the world is off-limits for them. that is china. how does this affect the largest social media brand to grow in the biggest open market? >> i don't think that this has an effect. executives from facebook and twitter, one question that kept coming up was about china, and their response was straightforward. we are not there, and this is not a huge focus for us. there are other areas we are going for. it is complicated to be there, and they are not there, they want to divert back attention. global digital marketing, this is global in 2 ways. global and china. a lot of these companies really market independently of the global digital organization because of all these changes, and the different set cultures. >> let me follow up with that. when a brand looks at working with alibaba or baidu, does that change after today knowing that they won't have the acce

michael k's first television series. it is about pirates. toif to move from pirates curtis johnson -- 50 cent --power is about a new york club owner living a double life. centus about it the -- 50 and his involvement in this. >> if you developed it with an african-american woman writer first lacke is the female writer to create a chauffeur premium television. show for premium television. is, beaker for what you wish for. andcreate a life you want then you have to create yourself as something else. it is not so easy. the people you think are the right ones for you could be totally the wrong ones for you it is a starcrossed love story with lots of action. there is a lot of suspense. it looks great. we are excited about that. curtis is involved all the way through. as you said, he will a one of the recurring roles. down that further road, lebron james is getting into comedy. you guys are working on a show with him. can it be successful in television production as he is on the basketball court? >> he certainly partnered with some impressive evil. he has joined with some of the him most

johnson, our editor at large. we will bring you some information from dell founder, michael dell, about dell's plans.hat is coming up. ♪ >> this is the best of "bloomberg west". i am emily chang. dell, what will be computer maker actually looked like as a private company? the dell founder set down with us in switzerland. take a look. >> the hardware part is still an important part. the value is certainly shifting to the software. these are areas where we have invested tremendously. we had 30 acquisitions in the last five years. we built a $21 billion enterprise business in this new area. certainly, as a private company, we are intending to focus more on those areas. >> before you jump in here with some questions for mr. dell, the michael dell ad on television is a home run to left field. you went back to all these companies. >> it is kind of an inspiring ad. >> i got goosebumps. >> i didn't cry, but -- >> i appreciate that. >> what you have in your hand? and how significant is that to what you are doing? >> we have a new eight inch tablet. >> is this a shameless plug, or what? >> shameless plug. >> t

. >> thank you, chairman smith, and thank you, ranking member johnson, members of the committee for having me here today. minus michael gregg, i'm going to break down my speech into three parts, my presentation. first, how healthcare.gov could potentially be hacked. why healthcare.gov needs independent review by third parties. and also what would be the result of this, what could be the potential impact. my concern is that healthcare.gov is a major target potentially for hackers looking to steal not only personal identities but also information that could be used to steal their identity. although i understand healthcare.gov does not store the information, it passes that information back and forth between third party, government and other organizations. there are many different ways that that site could be hacked. the are some prominent ones, these are the same ones listed by prominent websites, could be things like cross site scripting, injection, could be buffer overflow. there are many different ways this could be done. while that sounds warned to many of you, fact is these are known attacks their use against known

johnson, our editor at large. coming up we'll bring you another interview from davos, dell founder and c.e.o. michaell speaking with our tom kean about dell's plans now that it's a private company. ♪ >> this is "the best of bloomberg west" i'm emily chang. dell was taken private late last year. what will the computer maker look like as a private company? dell founder and c.e.o. michael dell sat down with tom keene and david care patrick in dave -- -- david kirk pat trick in davos, switzerland. >> hardware is important and it is shifting to new areas in servicing and software and these are areas we invested tremendously and done 30 acquisitions in the last five years and built $21 billion enterprise business in these new areas and certainly as a private company, we're absolutely intending to, you know, focus more on those areas. >> david, before you jump in here with some questions for mr. dell -- >> when are you going to let me? go ahead. >> but please, the michael dell ad on television now is a home run deep to left field where you went back and you went back to where all these companies -- >> it's

america tonight's michael okwu for an exclusive four part series, as we return to fukushima only on al jazeera america >> wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of president lyndon johnson, declaring war on poverty in america, and the argument over whether we won or lost the war rages on. >> 50 years ago president lyndon johnson declared a big government war on poverty. sips then. the american tax payer spent trillions to lift people out of poverty. today, tens of millions of americans live beneath the poverty line. >> liberals say the programs have been a success, keeping tens of millions of americans out of poverty. >> derek kitchen from cato institute joins me, and melissa boteach, from the half in ten, which seeks to cut poverty in 10 years, and is a director at the center for american progress. thank you for being with us. melissa, senator marco rubio's argument is straight forward. trillions later there's still poverty, therefore the war on poverty fail. >> if you use the poverty measure taking the programs into act, a study shows it's untrue. if you count the programs, 26% in 1967, and today it's down to 16% much those programs made a difference in lifting millio

then they will discuss the legacy of president lyndon johnson's war on poverty and today's social programs. our guest is our michael tanner from the cato institute and melissa boateach. eastern on at 7 a.m. c-span. maryland representative steny hoyer is our test this week on "newsmakers." legislativethe agenda for the year ahead and the 2014 elections. here is a quick preview. work oncan congress this year? what are you most confident about? that congressis can certainly get something done if the republicans are prepared ofput on the floor pieces legislation that will enjoy bipartisan support and will not simply be message bills, as we dealt with last year. insurance billt -- we're very hopeful it gets done. we are very hopeful we will address comprehensive immigration reform. i think that's that can get on. i think that the evidence of that is it got 68 votes in the united states senate. it was not a partisan bill. i think it will enjoy bipartisan support in the house as well if it is put on the floor. we would like to see the minimum wage raised. as you know income inequality has been focused on iv president. we

johnson's war on poverty. we're joined by michael tanner of the cato institute and melissa botaik with the center of american progress. "washington journal" is next. . host: good morning. this marks the start of old be a busy week here in washington. congress is back tomorrow. at the supreme court, justices will hear a case on the president's right for recess appointment. one of the critics is mitch mcconnell. he is expected to be inside the court. otherssident meets with tomorrow. he traveled to raleigh, north carolina on wednesday. he will deliver his speech on the nsa eve strapping. he announces what changes he will implement. last fewen much of the weeks reviewing. this weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the surgeon general warning on smoking. a half-century later, your thoughts and how you view the federal government's role in smoking and other health-related issues. that's our question for the first 45 minutes. our phone lines are open. the numbers are on your screen. host: you can also join us on twitter or facebook. or you

johnson's war on poverty. it is the anniversary. michael tanner and melissa boteach will join us. that will start at 8:45. will also take your calls. "washington journal" comes your way at 7:00. we will see you then. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> coming up next, the army chief of staff will talk about the u.s. army's future. after that, officials from the center for medicare and medicaid services will discuss health-care spending. 12:05, livet coverage of the virginia in not duration ceremony for governor elect terry mcauliffe. the firsteagan was sitting first lady to address the united nations and the first to address a nation in a joint appearance with the president. >> for my young friends, life can be great. not if you cannot see it. open your eyes to life. see it in the favorites coverage -- visit colors that god gave us as a precious gift to his children. enli

michael oku has a story on two american treasures that refused to cry foul. up against a deadline. >> these are two american treasures great men with great nicknames. jim mudcat grant and sweet lou johnson>> i didn't appreciate him because in 1965 the son of a biscuit eater hit a home run and won us that ballgame. >> grant was the first african american pitcher in the american league to win 20 games in a season. sweet lou was the hero of the 1965 world series. hit l.a. dodgers beat mudcat's minnesota twins. but it was what they endured off the field as well as on that had researchers anenburg school of history. 25 years since jackie robinson debuted in 1957. usc has chronicle as many histories as they can. >> first of all because it's one of the most important things we can do. in the end, it is to me one of the most important things i've accomplished in my academic career. >> now there's a sense of urgency to the project. just last month, paul blair passed away at the age of 69. dr. durbin would have loved to have interviewed blair for project. it is the same circumstances that were confronted by stephen spielberg and the members of his team 20 years ago. holocaust survivors were dying