he joins us from our studio in chicago, illinois and michael roy, in los angeles tonight. great to have you on the show. the press conference had the feel of let's get 2013 over and head to hawaii. the president's approval rating has been at an all time low. 56% of americans disproving of approving. do you think this press conference helped at all, michael? >> i can't say absolutely that it helped. reading the transcript, watching the president, like you said in your open, antonio, it seemed like he had half of his body already on the plane to hawaii. what dit do was round out a -- it did do was round out a bad year for the president but it didn't leave with a great amount of swagger. one of the telling take aways for me was a small item, when he talked about adding john podesta to the white house, the clear message is communication -- >> his dealing with the white house press corps which is an issue all along. there is an antagonistic discussion behind the scenes. they asked him about his roftion and he said to be nicer to the press corps. >> and i said i would lose weigh

former four division world champion roy jones jr proved age was no fact beating frenchman ben not enough to win the w.v.u. cruiserweight title here in moscow and michael was ringside. at forty for many books and fans are wondering why roy jones jr won't quit the school after winning world championship belt at four different weight divisions but last weekend he showed few signs that his time was up off the schooling his opponent francis in the eighteenth than my kloof throughout the cruiserweight bout it was jones jr's first flight in over fifteen months and while his pace was a little slower his lightning jabs and trademark showboating is still there the fight was dubbed the winner takes all with all the prize money going to the victor jones jr is almost casual antics seem to surprise but mcluhan's and a visibly anger him. i get the thirty six year old didn't know how to counter it at times almost mimicking his he lost his opponent the frenchman did manage to hold out for the full twelve rounds but looked bloody the plex and exhausted by the end while the evergreen jones jr appeared on stage and the judges unanimously awarded him the victory of his fi

michael weinberg, senior policy advisor to the bay area council, and obec roy, senior fellow at the manhattan. good to see awe you will gentlemen this morning. >> thank you. >> nice to see you. arthel: we'll let you field the questions. i'll go with you, michael, go with you first here is something from at scooter smith. he says, i operate a small business. what will be the tax rate applied to employer-funded health care premiums in 2014? >> well it really depends. employers have it a little bit harder than anybody else. they have to understand if they're a small employer or not. are you above or below 50 employees. one of the biggest things for small businesses was pushout of a requirement to offer insurance until next year. so i say just to start there. understand if you should offering insurance to your employees in the first place, if you're forced to do so. arthel: if anyone wants to chime in, let me know otherwise i move to the next tweet. i will move on. this is at copper field. where is the plan for infrastructure and care for influx of patients seeking care with decrease of mds and h