silver is with maverick business adventures, and michael port is the author of "book yourself solid." >> what is up, j.j.? >> this is one of my favorite pieces that i have done, a, because it was so fun, and b, because will created a strong culture. he has a group of 20-somethi 20-something-year-ol 20-something-year-olds, and does this business school case. and suddenly my heart was pounding, and it was like, owh, know, he's going to call on me. the time he takes to develop them makes them love the company. we all can't do that, but what can we do? >> you notice they are about culture, whether it's the customers or the people who are working there. they have this desire to be more than they currently are. i have a feeling his hiring practices, he's looking for those people. he's not just anybody that wants to work here come work here and we will put together the hard core learning opportunities and etc., and these are probably people that want to be superstars, just like in the package. you heard the woman say, i do this because i want to be a superhero, right? >> uh-huh. you know, i

michael port is the creator of book yourself solid. great to see both of you guys.this was one of my most favorite pieces i've done. a, because it's so fun. b, because will has created this incredibly strong culture. he has a group of 20 something year olds and has this business school case. when i sat there, i went to business school, suddenly my heart was pounding. oh, no, he's going to cold call me. it's incredible, it makes everyone love him. the time out he takes to develop them makes them love the company. we all can't do that. what can we do? >> you notice they're all about culture. whether it's the customers or the people who are working there. and they have this desire to be more than they currently are. and i have a feeling his hiring practices, he's looking for those people. so he's not just, hey, anybody who wants to work here can work here, then we'll put together these various hard-core learning opportunities, et cetera. these are probably people who want to be superstars. just like in the package. you heard the woman say, i do this because i want to b

michael port is the creator of book yourself solid. great to see both of you guys.this was one of my most favorite pieces i've done. a, because it's so fun. b, because will has created this incredibly strong culture. he has a group of 20 something year olds and has this business school case. when i sat there, i went to business school, suddenly my heart was pounding. oh, no, he's going to cold call me. it's incredible, it makes everyone love him. the time out he takes to develop them makes them love the company. we all can't do that. what can we do? >> you notice they're all about culture. whether it's the customers or the people who are working there. and they have this desire to be more than they currently are. and i have a feeling his hiring practices, he's looking for those people. so he's not just, hey, anybody who wants to work here can work here, then we'll put together these various hard-core learning opportunities, et cetera. these are probably people who want to be superstars. just like in the package. you heard the woman say, i do this because i want to b

>> in terms of when the the arts -- organizations have met with the port, they have met with michael martin. they have a very good composition with him. it is single province that happened about four or six months ago and not much has happened. >> nothing tangible. >> you will miller from other people. we need to get going for the arts groups to produce their shares. supervisor mar: if i have called a name you can come forward. it does not have to be in this order. >> thank you. and i think the problem here is that the fundamental problem is the arts ranks so far down the political totem pole in city hall. the mayor's office did nothing to include the arts in the america's cup and we in the arts department who it is their job to remind the city edition have been an arts component. the olympic thus's -- this is all the reasons the city is facing and had, by to make economic impact. it was a lower credit and dirt on the northeastern waterfront. how are we ready yet those people out of there? what should we be happening -- which should be happening? for all the america's cup to see that

the problems, the main point of the study was the port wanted to tell them what they had to do to become compliant and reoccupy the buildings. michael took the lead in this effort. we looked at two auctions and the different phases of implementation. one option was to have office occupancy in the first and second floor. the second option was office occupancy and assembly occupancy on the second floor. we were looking at how much parking we could put in theire, in the shipbuilding s --hed -- shed building. we had five goals in the study. we were looking at correcting the code violations to comply with code. we aimed to satisfy the public's safety requirements for public access. we wanted to maximize the real estate assets. we worked with the port engineering staff and real- estate staff to evaluate the cost and return on costs. we did not want to trigger the seismic upgrades

host: let's go to port charlotte, florida. michael, at independent color. caller: thank you very much for taking mike -- independenct caller. caller: thank you very much for taking my call. i am newly independent because of of the logjam in the government bureaucracy today. i am of said that the obstructionist of the current republican party platform and how proud they are of sabotaging they have perpetrated. the hoodwinking they have done with a public. i am perturbed and the way the obama administration has chosen not to attack what has gone on in the real-estate scandal. i understand the political nature of it, but i do not understand -- i think he has made a grave mistake. guest: can you tell me what you mean? caller: from what i understand, there has been comments. he says he wants to leave that alone for now. anything that was done with the previous administration. in accordance to the fact these people are getting bonuses now. host: michael, let's get a response from -- a response from our guest. guest: it is deeply concerning to me that even though

michael escobar, a san jose state student. he barged into an unlocked dorm room and groped four students. >>> a man found hanged at the port of locateland is a teenage murder suspect accused of killing the mother of his child. the body of the 19-year-old henry leon found hanging from the building on maritime street in oakland over the weekend. suspected of stabbing his 15-year-old girlfriend to death friday. leon and the girl why parents to a 9 milli-month-old baby. >>> nine people under arrest after another series bar brawls in walnut creek. these two men marcos and mario accused of assault with a deadly weapon, suspected of being involved in one of the brawls on the second floor of a parking garage on locust street around 1:30 sunday morning. a short time later police broke up a brawl involving 15 people outside cinco de mayo restaurant also on locust, minutes later another fight broke out at hubcaps diner. the fights coming days after walnut creek city leaders held a meeting to crack down on drunken violence. lawmakers considering new rules to give the city more control over bars and restaurants. >>> this morning, city hal

michael seems to be creating a new recipe, for a healthier life. >> it makes me a happier chef. as a result, you have happier food. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm juju chang, in portashington, new york. >> juju tells me he's gone from a 6 xl, to a 2 xl. plain old large, maybe just over the horizon. >>> coming up next, we fell in love with her in "e.t." and 30 years later, drew barrymore tells us about the and 30 years later, drew barrymore tells us about the loves of her new life. .. what's it like driving the fusion hybrid? you can read every system that is operating by pushing a button. it's like driving a computer. what would be the hardest thing for you to give up? the miles per gallon, the fuel. when you're used to filling your car up once a week, then suddenly once every three weeks, believe me it'll be a big difference going back. [ male announcer ] red lobster's four course seafood feast is back. get soup, salad, cheddar bay biscuits, dessert and choose one of 7 entrees. four courses for only $15. offer ends soon. i'm jody gonzalez, red lobster manager and i sea food differently. >>> have you ever met anyone who loathes drew barrymore? me neither. she's li

michael bloomberg says that won't happen. >> there is no chance of it being open on time. work has basically stopped. >> the port authority of no, and new jersey that owns the world trade center and building the museum claims it is owed $300 million in infrastructure costs. a port authority spokesman told fox news this is an issue that has been present for years. the port authority is actively negotiating with the appropriate parties to resolve it. s museum foundation claims the port authority owes it $140 million. because of delays in finishing the project and considering a lawsuit. as each side points the finger of blame at the other, relatives of those who died feel frustrated by the bureaucracy. >> americans, new yorkers particularly are fed up with what goes on. took a long time for this memorial to be put here. and now it's going to take a longer time to have the museum that everybody was hoping to look at. >> despite the controversy over the museum, work continues on one world trade center. the tower is now over 90 stories tall. officials say since the memorial opened last september, more than one million

i mention, michael reagan, who has endorsed me, tries to go out and visit the ronald regan aircraft carrier every time it comes back to home portfirst met with ronald regan in 1974. i was a candidate for congress. he came to georgia. i was allowed it take him to the airport because they were so grateful anybody would run as a republican in georgia in 1974. his plane was late. we chatted for a little while. he finally got bored listening to me and said how would you like to see how i give speeches? i thought, this would be good. and it was. i was on his side in the panama canal fight. i helped develop supply side economics. i worked with the campaign and actually put together the first capital steps in history in september of 1980. i worked with him as a member of congress for eight years. in 1995, at the gold water institute, nancy reagan said that ronald regan's torch had been passed to me as speaker of the house and that i was carrying out the values that he believed in. >> newt gingrich there live. his wife by his side speaking at a tea party event in mount dora, florida. we'll continue to follow all of the live events of co

. >> every port is mental but if you want to know who has been the most dominant athlete in the sport it has been michael >> rose: yes. >> michael phelps took swimming to a level it has never been at and the funny thing is i had lunch with michael phelps mother and coach in 2001 when michael phelps was 16 years old, and we were talking about the possibility of doing a book, and i was trying to explain to them that it was really hard to market swimming. and i said there is only one swim never the world that people have heard of and that is mark spitz. >> rose: right. >> and his mom said to me, this is a baby spitz. >> and after the olympics in beijing i sent her an e-mail and i said you were wrong he is better than spitz, which he is. >> rose: you know what he is doing right now? getting ready for the olympics. >> and that will be his last swimming meet of one of greatest athletes inistory. >> rose: so have you ever wanted to get beyond sports? >> yes, yes. you know, as i talk aboutt in this book,. >> rose: that's a good idea. >> and i covered politics, and politics imy other paion. >> rose: yes. >> the p

port and bank accounts in different names. he could be extradited to the u.s. next month to face piracy charges. >>> still ahead on news4, kennedy cousin michael skakel who wantsget out of prison before his term is up. tell you what the family of his victim those say about that. >>> follow news4 online, search nbc washington on facebook and twitter. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>> kennedy cousin and convicted killer michael skakel making a new request for a reduced prison sentence. he is insisting he is innocent in the 1975 killing of a woman named martha moxly. nbc's craig melvin has the story. >> reporter: a cuffed, shackled and bigger 51-year-old michael skakel still insists he's innocent. >> i didn't commit t