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michael warren, last question. questioner: how do more restrictive rules on hydraulic fracturing help economic growth? brian: we believe that in order to have a durable industry in the future, you need to strike an appropriate balance between protecting public health and safety. and allowing for responsible production. i think if you look at the rules that we will -- that the department of interior will put out later today, they appropriately strike that balance. and they are focused on pragmatic but very important steps like disclosing the fluids that are being used in the fracking process. that is a step that is very important for from a transparency perspective, from a public safety perspective, but it also is important in terms of having a template that this industry can work from, given the degree of public concern and localized concern about the potential health and safety impacts. the last thing i would say about this is that these are rules for fracking on public lands. about 11% of the fracking that goes o
michael warren, last question. questioner: how do more restrictive rules on hydraulic fracturing help economic growth? brian: we believe that in order to have a durable industry in the future, you need to strike an appropriate balance between protecting public health and safety. and allowing for responsible production. i think if you look at the rules that we will -- that the department of interior will put out later today, they appropriately strike that balance. and they are focused on...
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michael warren, last question. questioner: how do more restrictive rules on hydraulic fracturing help economic growth? brian: we believe that in order to have a durable industry in the future, you need to strike an appropriate balance between protecting public health and safety. and allowing for responsible production. i think if you look at the rules that we will -- that the department of interior will put out later today, they appropriately strike that balance. and they are focused on pragmatic but very important steps like disclosing the fluids that are being used in the fracking process. that is a step that is very important for from a transparency perspective, from a public safety perspective, but it also is important in terms of having a template that this industry can work from, given the degree of public concern and localized concern about the potential health and safety impacts. the last thing i would say about this is that these are rules for fracking on public lands. about 11% of the fracking that goes o
michael warren, last question. questioner: how do more restrictive rules on hydraulic fracturing help economic growth? brian: we believe that in order to have a durable industry in the future, you need to strike an appropriate balance between protecting public health and safety. and allowing for responsible production. i think if you look at the rules that we will -- that the department of interior will put out later today, they appropriately strike that balance. and they are focused on...
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warren buffett. some newcomers, michael tonight, another number getting attention.am predicting they could have more wealth than the other 99% by next year. >>> and the editor of "vogue" anna wintour saying get fired at least once. she says it's important to have setbacks. make decisions fast. and if you aren't sure pretend. >>> and mini minoso has passed a seven-time all-star with the white sox. we remember a great tonight. >>> when we come back tonight, a quiz for you about "the sound of music." what was it nearly called? and can you imagine someone other than julie andrews for the part of maria? had to work through my knee pain. my foot pain, it kept coming back until i found custom fit orthotic inserts at this free dr. scholl's foot mapping center. now they give me immediate pain relief. in less than two minutes i got my footmap and custom number. i'm a 440. 330. 210. it matched the inserts with the right support for me. now i get immediate relief from my foot pain. my knee pain. my lower back pain. find a machine at drscholls.com and save 10 dollars. [ fishing
warren buffett. some newcomers, michael tonight, another number getting attention.am predicting they could have more wealth than the other 99% by next year. >>> and the editor of "vogue" anna wintour saying get fired at least once. she says it's important to have setbacks. make decisions fast. and if you aren't sure pretend. >>> and mini minoso has passed a seven-time all-star with the white sox. we remember a great tonight. >>> when we come back tonight, a...
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warren buffett. before we go, michael, so on the residential side and on the oil side, those are the two for me, theion marks. we had a lot of capex projects that were suspended. to hillary's point, they're still investing big time money. are you worried if oil goes down, it wrecks all of this. >> no, look, if you look at the last six cycles that oil has dropped, it's had a v recovery. this may not be a v recovery, but all indications based on history it's a v recovery. ultimately, we'll spend more money and it won't go to zero. charles: all right. not go to zero. mike. president of united rentals. appreciate you. hijackers robbed a car of 5 million dollars' worth of gold. but did they grab the wrong commodity? if you could pick up a truck of millions of dollars of something, what would you pick? you guys have already started. tweet me. wait until you hear what the panel has to say, it's next. ♪ ♪ charles: so himmers robbed an armored car. believe me, they'll catch them. i think it's an inside job. more importantly, what should they have stolen? tweet me. announcer: and now, it's time for "upon furt
warren buffett. before we go, michael, so on the residential side and on the oil side, those are the two for me, theion marks. we had a lot of capex projects that were suspended. to hillary's point, they're still investing big time money. are you worried if oil goes down, it wrecks all of this. >> no, look, if you look at the last six cycles that oil has dropped, it's had a v recovery. this may not be a v recovery, but all indications based on history it's a v recovery. ultimately, we'll...
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it will be a totally different ballgame so elizabeth warren is not the standard-bearer of the party just yet. >> thank you michael shure. any nuclear agreement being negotiated between iran and world powers could be overturned if their party wins the white house in 2016. in an open letter addressed to iranian leaders they say that absent congressional approval the proposed deal would be merely an agreement with president obama and could be reversed by his successor. for more we have this report from exerl halkett kimberly halkett in washington. >> an effort made more challenging because of actions by top members of the united states congress. >> we cannot allow them to have a nuclear weapon. if that means military action that's what it will end up taking. we do not want an economically strong iran. >> reporter: that's why a top senate republican and democrat this week introduced legislation requiring the white house to send details of a potential deal lifting iran's sanctions and limits to the iranian program to congress for review. >> the only way you can make sure they are not developing a bomb is the intrusive
it will be a totally different ballgame so elizabeth warren is not the standard-bearer of the party just yet. >> thank you michael shure. any nuclear agreement being negotiated between iran and world powers could be overturned if their party wins the white house in 2016. in an open letter addressed to iranian leaders they say that absent congressional approval the proposed deal would be merely an agreement with president obama and could be reversed by his successor. for more we have this...
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>> school of international public affairs dor yan warren and washington post editor and and senior foreign affairs correspondent for politico, michael they all confirm the world's not on fire. >> it's kind of on fire. just a little. >> come on. >> if there are any young kids out there, no don't listen. >> the little girl was so cute. >> it's sort of. i know she was. >> the world is on fire? >> ted cruz is coming today, right? >> he's on the show today. >> today. good. i knew i was he was on some time this week. >>> we start this morning in israel at this hour more than 10,000 polling places are open across the country. nearly 6 million israelis can vote in the elections for parliament and it's expected to be the highest turnout since 1999. this is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu casting his ballot just a few hours ago. he's seeking a fourth term
>> school of international public affairs dor yan warren and washington post editor and and senior foreign affairs correspondent for politico, michael they all confirm the world's not on fire. >> it's kind of on fire. just a little. >> come on. >> if there are any young kids out there, no don't listen. >> the little girl was so cute. >> it's sort of. i know she was. >> the world is on fire? >> ted cruz is coming today, right? >> he's on the...
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warren for president. you know, massachusetts is used to having people run for president, right? john kerry, mitt romney we can go back, michaelukakis, i thought it was intriguing i don't think it changes elizabeth warren's mind. the opening has been there, she could have run and still could run at hillary clinton's left. i don't think in her heart of hearts she wants to do it but intriguing the boston globe picking up the mantle. >> and susan page hillary clinton is in washington today at the campaign for american progress, tonight she's going to be speaking actually at a journalism found razor in honor of our friend and late colleague robin toner of the "new york times." then what, timing? >> in terms of her announcement? i think it's coming next month. i think the e-mail furor has reinforced a point that her supporters have made that she needs a infrastructure in place to respond. these stories are not going away as with the latest round of benghazi e-mails. >> suggesting some of her senate colleagues were using their private e-mails rather than having government e-mails so it would have been captured. to be continued for s
warren for president. you know, massachusetts is used to having people run for president, right? john kerry, mitt romney we can go back, michaelukakis, i thought it was intriguing i don't think it changes elizabeth warren's mind. the opening has been there, she could have run and still could run at hillary clinton's left. i don't think in her heart of hearts she wants to do it but intriguing the boston globe picking up the mantle. >> and susan page hillary clinton is in washington today...
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warren. and michael crowley. we start this morning in israel. .o be the highest turnout since 1999. this is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu casting his ballot. he's seeking a fourth term in office. he is fighting for his political life this morning as polls show him and his party behind. the man who could replace him, the union oos party who appears to be on the way to pick up the most seats. they are dealing with last-minute bids to to sway support as they head to the polls. benjamin netanyahu is vowing there will not be a palestinian state as long as he's prime minister. that goes against what he said in his speech in 2009 in promises made to the the united states. it's seen as an attempt to gain support from voters on the right. some will drop plans to rotate as prime minister. they would have each served two years but some voters opposed that deal. benjamin netanyahu argues the reversal shows his opponents are panicking and insists he would not form a unity government. >> it's important to note we're not going to know right away who
warren. and michael crowley. we start this morning in israel. .o be the highest turnout since 1999. this is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu casting his ballot. he's seeking a fourth term in office. he is fighting for his political life this morning as polls show him and his party behind. the man who could replace him, the union oos party who appears to be on the way to pick up the most seats. they are dealing with last-minute bids to to sway support as they head to the polls. benjamin...
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bill gates, michael jordan, or warren buffett?ine this million dollars, it's almost impossible to get. you havele to guess 63 teams and it just so, so difficult. march madness, what we love about it's full of cinderella stories. so you can't predict it. it's like the odds are one and 128 billion. >> hello. good luck on the office pool this year. glad you made it. >>> get ready for more madness when the hilarious jew yeen levy sits down with us. and can cost a fortunate for kitchens diy ideas, you know these boys. they're i'm brian vickers, nascar® driver. i'm kevin nealon comedian. and i'm arnold palmer, professional golfer. know what we have in common? we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. me, when i had a blood clot in my leg that could have traveled to my lungs. that's why i took xarelto®, too. xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. i took xarelto® for afib... an irregular heartbeat that can lead to a stroke from a blood clot. xarelto® is proven to reduce the risk of st
bill gates, michael jordan, or warren buffett?ine this million dollars, it's almost impossible to get. you havele to guess 63 teams and it just so, so difficult. march madness, what we love about it's full of cinderella stories. so you can't predict it. it's like the odds are one and 128 billion. >> hello. good luck on the office pool this year. glad you made it. >>> get ready for more madness when the hilarious jew yeen levy sits down with us. and can cost a fortunate for...
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michael bloomberg. joining me now is chris hayes and dorian warren and ana marie cox.doing something that has been approved for six year. really interesting time for this. >> it was like drudge or sleeping. what could be the best -- what's the best line we could come up with tomorrow? what's "the new york post" headline? >> also meaningful to the 10% of the city which is muslim. >> 100% meaningful. choosing between going to school and your family holiday is horrible. my entire childhood we had yom kippur and rosh hashanah off. >> same for christian holidays as well. >> that was bloomberg's interesting interesting rationale. if we close school every single day, there wouldn't be school. >> some religious holidays are good and some are not. >> this was a campaign promise by mayor de blasio. i think it is important to lift up that he's made good on this one particular promise among some others. >> at a time where there is inevitably going to be some blowback. >> let me give credit so far, despite our jokes about "drudge report," i'm curious to see what "the new york post"
michael bloomberg. joining me now is chris hayes and dorian warren and ana marie cox.doing something that has been approved for six year. really interesting time for this. >> it was like drudge or sleeping. what could be the best -- what's the best line we could come up with tomorrow? what's "the new york post" headline? >> also meaningful to the 10% of the city which is muslim. >> 100% meaningful. choosing between going to school and your family holiday is horrible....
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billionaires list and bill gates is named the richest mexico carlos san warren buffett is third to a moderate 90 newcomers including michaelthe young guests newcomer snapped up founders -- snap chat founders mark sukkur byrd offered $3 billion in cash now is reported getting offers deluge at $90 million. focus is in first place this weekend for warner brothers the king's men the psychic -- secret service earning almost 12 million and paramount the sponge bob movie third-place 11-point to million dollars. up next on all the day's developments. stay with us. earth hour is for citizens of the world to want action on climate change. if we don't do anything about climate change, we will have lost the chance to do so. carbon emissions are at unprecedented levels. now is you moment for act. [music] [music] i'm using my power... i'm using my power... ...to save the great barrier reef. i'm using my power... i'm using my power... to raise children's awareness about the environment. we are using our power... to make our city more sustainable... to save my forest... to save our home. [music] lou: joining us now pulitzer prize winner m
billionaires list and bill gates is named the richest mexico carlos san warren buffett is third to a moderate 90 newcomers including michaelthe young guests newcomer snapped up founders -- snap chat founders mark sukkur byrd offered $3 billion in cash now is reported getting offers deluge at $90 million. focus is in first place this weekend for warner brothers the king's men the psychic -- secret service earning almost 12 million and paramount the sponge bob movie third-place 11-point to...
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billionaires list and bill gates is named the richest mexico carlos san warren buffett is third to a moderate 90 newcomers including michaelhighest-paid athlete of all time now has a net worth of $1 billion in the young guests newcomer snapped up founders -- snap chat founders mark sukkur byrd offered $3 billion in cash now is reported getting offers deluge at $90 million. focus is in first place this weekend for warner brothers the king's men the psychic -- secret service earning almost 12 million and paramount the sponge bob movie third-place 11-point to million dollars. up next on all the day's developments. stay with us. the future of the market is never clear. but at t. rowe price we can help guide your retirement savings. our experience is one reason 100% of our retirement funds beat their 10-year lipper averages. so wherever your long-term goals take you we can help you feel confident. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. when the moment's sponta
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michael jordan. topping the list again is microsoft founder bill gates followed by mexican businessman carlos slim and warren cannot put a price tag on what sheldon mcfarlane did for a student at a skydiver school in australia. mcfarlane's helmet camera was rolling as christopher jones suffered a seizure and passed out at 9,000 feet. he was in freefall at more than 100 miles-per-hour. mcfarlane grabbed jones and opened his chute. jones woke up and landed safely. >> thankfully he was there and what he did probably saved my life. >> rose: jones had not suffered a seizure in years and had been cleared to jump by his doctor. in a moment, we'll probe the mind of a comic genius. comic genius. for continuous relief. 18 days! 12 days! 24 days of continuous relief. live claritin clear. every day. when the moment's spontaneous, why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use is approved to treat both erectile dysfunction and the urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is heal
michael jordan. topping the list again is microsoft founder bill gates followed by mexican businessman carlos slim and warren cannot put a price tag on what sheldon mcfarlane did for a student at a skydiver school in australia. mcfarlane's helmet camera was rolling as christopher jones suffered a seizure and passed out at 9,000 feet. he was in freefall at more than 100 miles-per-hour. mcfarlane grabbed jones and opened his chute. jones woke up and landed safely. >> thankfully he was there...
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warren buffett with nearly 73 billion. the highest ranking woman, christie walton on the walmart dynasty. 25 more women on the list this year and michael jordan making his debut thanks to his ownership of the hornets and money from those jordans from nike. >> consider opening up a store of sneakers. >> i need shoes or need to own a team and or maybe the greatest at a sport. >> there you go. >> how about national pancake day? that means it's a big day at ihop to celebrate they are giving away free pancakes in exchange for those, ihop is asking patrons to make a charitable donation. since it started marking national pancake day in 2006 ihop says its restaurants have raked in nearly $16 million for charity. >> enjoy your pancakes today, folks. >>> when we come back a highway heist. millions of dollars in gold. taken from an armored truck. how investigators say the thieves pulled this off. >>> plus talk about a true fan. why a man is walking over a thousand miles for a his favorite team. [bell riwe're both really good at teaching people a lesson. um, let's go. cool. sit down! alright. sorta you, isn't you. only esurance has coveragemyway.
warren buffett with nearly 73 billion. the highest ranking woman, christie walton on the walmart dynasty. 25 more women on the list this year and michael jordan making his debut thanks to his ownership of the hornets and money from those jordans from nike. >> consider opening up a store of sneakers. >> i need shoes or need to own a team and or maybe the greatest at a sport. >> there you go. >> how about national pancake day? that means it's a big day at ihop to celebrate...
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warren buffett nipping at his heals. real shocker, record 290 newcomers this year to the billionaire list. most famous rookie, michael jordan. most of his cash is nike payouts on his iconic brand netting him $2.25 billion. isn't that amazing? >> that is amazing. derek jeter as we've been reporting a lot. he has a chunk of change. he wants to convert $200 million and use that as springboard, follow in the career footsteps of michael jordan. melissa: melissa: 200 million is not enough. he has a shot. these guys are experts marketings themselves. in this culture he has a shot if he does it right. melissa: he is pretty smart. done a lot of smart didn't get married. >> never got married. never had kids. melissa: i don't know -- okay. >> 1500 billionaire on that list. and beneath all those billions is basically the economy, right? there is a huge amount of economic activity below all of that jobs, people making decent living. >> absolutely. melissa: i like that point. i like that point. let's end on that. thanks, guys. >>> striking at the heart of isis iraqi forces launch a huge counter attack north of baghdad. the only po
warren buffett nipping at his heals. real shocker, record 290 newcomers this year to the billionaire list. most famous rookie, michael jordan. most of his cash is nike payouts on his iconic brand netting him $2.25 billion. isn't that amazing? >> that is amazing. derek jeter as we've been reporting a lot. he has a chunk of change. he wants to convert $200 million and use that as springboard, follow in the career footsteps of michael jordan. melissa: melissa: 200 million is not enough. he...
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michael jordan finally made the cut into the billionaire's club. his fortune, 1 billion. his ranking 1071. bill gates has been number one for 16 years. carlos slim came in second with 77 billion. then warren buffet with a cool 72 billion. when it comes to the young and rich mark zuker burg moves up. his first time cracking the top 30. >>> this is new data this morning highlighting a problem in big business best described like in. fewer women run big companies than men named john. "the new york times" dug through lots of available data for the glass ceiling index. the most common first names. it turns out there are more named john or david than there are women combined. they say only 1 in 25 big firms are run my women as chief executive officer. >> it's been a long march back but the nasdaq managed to close above the 5,000 level for the first time in 15 years. it's only the third close above for the nasdaq. the other were in march of 2000. shares of lumber lick dart dropped 25%. it's on a 60 minutes report alleging the chinese made lam knit floorg has a chemical that causes cancer. they say tests done on 60 minutes were improper and dating now comes at a price. tinder has launched a premiu
michael jordan finally made the cut into the billionaire's club. his fortune, 1 billion. his ranking 1071. bill gates has been number one for 16 years. carlos slim came in second with 77 billion. then warren buffet with a cool 72 billion. when it comes to the young and rich mark zuker burg moves up. his first time cracking the top 30. >>> this is new data this morning highlighting a problem in big business best described like in. fewer women run big companies than men named john....
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warren? how about mike bloomberg? there is jim webb, martin o'malley. so the conversation this week was not about those guys it was like somebody call michael ben net. how about mark warner, mike bebe he a democrat right? jean shaheen. none of those people are running for president, and there is no sign that any of them will run for president, but as the beltway press lost their minds on the clinton e-mail this week this was the democratic freakout fallout from that media frenzy. it was novel and interesting. we have not seen that kind of freakout from the left. but when that public freakout finally happened this week, it was not the most coherent discussion. it was noise, interesting noise. while all of that was happening, there was all of that hubbub in the press. this week the republican field for president seems to have shrunk by one very high profile contender. there was this one politico story about the chris christie folks holding a closed door meeting in dc to try to reassure power players that he is still running. there was that one story. their stated concern, what has been written up thus far in the beltway press for the christie would be
warren? how about mike bloomberg? there is jim webb, martin o'malley. so the conversation this week was not about those guys it was like somebody call michael ben net. how about mark warner, mike bebe he a democrat right? jean shaheen. none of those people are running for president, and there is no sign that any of them will run for president, but as the beltway press lost their minds on the clinton e-mail this week this was the democratic freakout fallout from that media frenzy. it was novel...
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warren to run, even though she obviously doesn't want to. how about mike bloomburg, even though he is not even a democrat. it was like somebody call michael bennett. mark warner. mike beebe. that's the guy. he's a democrat, right? jeanne shaheen will save us. none of those people are running for president. there's no sign that any of them will run for president. as the beltway lost their minds this week, this was the democratic fallout from that media frenzy. it was novel and interesting. we haven't seen that freakout on the left about hillary clinton's prospects and there being no plan b if she doesn't work out. but when it finally happened this week, it was not the mostly coherency, it was mostly noise. while there was all that hubbub this week in the press, quietly without any sound at all, this week the republican field for president seems to have shrunk by one very high profile contender. and i'm not sure the beltway press has even noticed it yet. there was this one politico story about chris christie trying to reassure power players and republican politics that governor christie is still running. there was that one story. their stat
warren to run, even though she obviously doesn't want to. how about mike bloomburg, even though he is not even a democrat. it was like somebody call michael bennett. mark warner. mike beebe. that's the guy. he's a democrat, right? jeanne shaheen will save us. none of those people are running for president. there's no sign that any of them will run for president. as the beltway lost their minds this week, this was the democratic fallout from that media frenzy. it was novel and interesting. we...
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warren buffett says you'll never replace philly cream cheese. you'll never replace pcs. but tech is made up of growth investors not made up of people who like units. michael dell -- >> part of tech are made up of that. hp splitting into two, one which they believe will be a higher growth, and that's not the one including pcs. that's structured as a dividend play or return of capital play than the other part of the company, they hope will be growing faster, but remains to be scene. >> technology's buffeted by the strong dollar. that is going to hurt the translation. 40%, 50% of technology's earnings come from europe. there's a lot of headwinds for technology. frankly, i think that if you get away from the actual core pc like if you look at red hat's numbers or accenture's numbers you realize there's a lot of technology spending going on. it's just not in traditional waves. >> right. i mean granted, the -- we have -- we're fairly penetrated when it comes to mobile as well in terms of devices, jim. >> 2 billion talking about. >> right. around the world. when you talk to the likes of for example, qualcomm, they'll say so much more to go. you get into the idea
warren buffett says you'll never replace philly cream cheese. you'll never replace pcs. but tech is made up of growth investors not made up of people who like units. michael dell -- >> part of tech are made up of that. hp splitting into two, one which they believe will be a higher growth, and that's not the one including pcs. that's structured as a dividend play or return of capital play than the other part of the company, they hope will be growing faster, but remains to be scene....
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warren buffett $19 million. charles koch almost $9 billion. david koch almost $9 billion. christie walton over $9 billion. michael bloomberg, $.5 billion. jeff besos $9.6 billion. sheldon aiden son $4.9 billion. that is just the increase in their net worth in a two-year period. who can deny that the very richest people in this country are doing phenomenally well? how do you ignore that reality? how do you not say to those people you're going to have to help with us our infrastructure, with education with our deficit? but my republican colleagues have a different approach. their approach is to say to working families, well, we're going to make it harder for your kids to get into head start. we're going to make it harder for you to get the nutrition programs you need to keep your family from going hungry. we're going to make it harder for seniors to get the prescription drugs they need. so i think this budget -- the choices are pretty clear. it is laid right out there. the republicans want to balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor appeared protect all these guys, not ask them to pay one nickel
warren buffett $19 million. charles koch almost $9 billion. david koch almost $9 billion. christie walton over $9 billion. michael bloomberg, $.5 billion. jeff besos $9.6 billion. sheldon aiden son $4.9 billion. that is just the increase in their net worth in a two-year period. who can deny that the very richest people in this country are doing phenomenally well? how do you ignore that reality? how do you not say to those people you're going to have to help with us our infrastructure, with...