mike bloomberg is doing a ton of stuff through his company. they are hiring hundreds of people. i worked at bloomberg 15 years ago, and i was in europe as a foreign correspondent. there were 40 journalists, and now, there are thousands. i think it depends on the interests of certain people, but they are being tapped, and you can get them to lend to foundations and do this type of stuff. it is just creating the bridge from the journalism world into that world, and it is not as hard as you would think, in my experience. >> i would just say that a few of those individuals you had mentioned are not examples of the types of progress of journalism that i think a lot of people are here to talk about and listened of route -- was it about. these guys are kind of villains in a sense of where we want journalism to go. fox news and the daily, who knows where that is going to go, but they are not necessarily public-interested, public radio, public tv, public press minded people. >> that is an opinion that has probably been ill-served in my opinion, having worked in two of those companies and

after mullen introduced him to mayor mike bloomberg. >> you say he's a democrat. >> he is. he voted for obama. he is liberal on social issues as well. he famously did not have fox news and its headquarters. you usually have these tv screens. he did not. dave silverman is quite a character. he is a navy seal who became one of general mcchrystal's most trusted right hand me. he was a dynamic, interesting, entertaining, accomplished guy. now he is in general mcchrystal's consulting group. >> you have seen that he is on the board of many. >> jetblue. his is also offering training seminars. >> he reportedly gets $60,000 a speaking engagement. >> go back to the moment for they said yes to you. >> i got the e-mail back from duncan. he said what you go over to paris where general mcchrystal will gain support. he e-mail me. i then e-mail my editor and said can i go to paris? he said yes, get on the plane. by april 15 i had arrived in paris. i had arrived in paris. i walked into the hotel lobby. i imagine a mcchrystal for the first time. he looked at me and he said "so you are the ro

leaves the pipeline from the nra and the unions and all the nonprofits and for that matter all the mike bloombergsworld, they have a free run. do folks understood that? >> it's almost like you -- let's say we returned citizens united. the congress passes some kind of reform that says anybody can spend as much as they want, they just have to fully disclose it. i'm sure it's still a government-bought auction. if you don't go all the way, i like to go all the way here. and that is publically financed campaigns. i said it before. i'm going to say it again. the $25 donation from the grandmother in dubuque has the same amount of pro quo, the same i need something and i demand something from you as $25 million from the coke brothers. or from a labor union or nonfor profit. you don't want to get rid of some of the cancer when you have cancer. you want to get rid of all of the cancer. >> well said. let's move on. let us do international espionage assassination and nuclear scientists. turning to iran, where the killing of a nuclear scientist there is ratcheting up tensions between the united statesç and th

he embraced and i covered other wealthy candidates and mike bloomberg never had a problem talking about the way that mitt romney has answered has not been able to wrap his mind around his own personal wealth is wont biggest question marks. we'll be back with more after the break. the president may be preparing for tuesday's state of the union, but that doesn't mean he hasn't been out campaigning although that's not what the white house would have us believe. is the media obsessed with the presidential race? we'll tackle that rhetorical question next on "now." [ sighs ] i wish there were an easy way. woohoo! why put up with drips? gimme that. let's foam in those tones and highlights. [ gigi ] try nice 'n easy colorblend foam. get permanent dimensional color in a drip-free delight! oooohh! [ gigi ] our foam penetrates hair and locks in color. for tones and highlights that last. drips? dropped! grays? gone! why put up with drips when there's foam at your fingertips. [ gigi ] try nice 'n easy colorblend foam. no other foam color lasts longer. [ female announcer ] from the color experts at c

. >> and now the responsibility for regulating independent billionaires from meg whitman to mike bloombergthe sierra club to the unions has now been granted to the united states congress who by the way is the least trusted group of people in america outside maybe the media. >> right. well we're not waiting. we're not waiting until the amendment is passed to come up with the system that will give some confidence back to the people and restore democracy in this country. the amendment when it passes will get the for profit dollars out day one. but by then we will have also envisioned what this new campaign finance system should look like whether it's strict limits, what those limits should be. the ability to -- the necessity to disclose our amendment also requires full disclosure. there are a whole host of issues that have to be tackled in the way campaigns are run and the way that they're reported. all of this is vital but that's part of the debate that has to happen right now even as we're moving forward in these constitutional amendments. >> and how has it been going for you in washington,

mayor ed lee says he's a man of his word and he will make good on his bet with new york mayor mike bloomberg come super bowl sunday. the mayor agreed, if the giants beat the 49ers in that nfc championship game, he would decorate a cable car in giants' team color, red and blue. wait a minute. 49ers lost that game? i mentally blocked it out. mayor lee's office says the cable car will be decorated for super bowl sunday on february 5th. his office and mayor lee also agreed to provide sourdough bread to bloomberg in the event of the 49er loss. >>> the nfl network reporting dennis allen has signed to become the oakland raiders' new head coach. allen was the broncos' defensive coordinator last season. once the signing becomes official allen will become the first raid irs' defensive minded head coach since john madden was hired in 1969. >>> 6:20 right now. coming up, the governor wants to raise some taxes. see why it looks like the public is actually on board with this plan. >>> apple makes an absolutely staggering amount of money. we'll try toouraads wher ndheou nbeomrs cing up. hey guys, breakfast

>> i am mike bloomberg, the mayor of new york beginning to watch the ball starting to lower and one minutee, i believe. >> she is a lot of fun. >> and a lot of fun, lady gaga. >> are you looking forward to 2012, kathy griffin? >> yes, i am. >> wait a minute. you know what is weird? >> we are 36 seconds away, and let's just listen in to the crowd now as they start to lower -- >> i am picturing you in that lady gaga mask, and i don't know why. ♪ ♪ ♪ start spreading the news i'm leaving today ♪ i want to be a part of it, new york, new york ♪ ♪ these vagabond shoes ♪ are longing the strain ♪ right through the very heart of it ♪ ♪ new york, new york ♪ i want to wake up in a city that did you want sleep ♪ ♪ and find i'm king of the hill ♪ ♪ top of the heap ♪ these little town blues ♪ are melting away ♪ i'll make a brand new start of it ♪ ♪ in old new york ♪ if i can make it there ♪ i'll make it anywhere ♪ it's up to you, new york ♪ new york ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm going to make a brand new start of it in old new york ♪ ♪ and if i can make it there ♪ i'm going to make it anywhere ♪ ♪ it's up to you, new york,

i really don't care what the mayor of new york, mike bloomberg, has to say about it. united states. >> you're talking about khalid shaikh mohammed. he is alleged to be one of the masterminds of al qaeda. apprehended in pakistan and transferred to guantanamo partly i think by the bush administration, right? partly as a kind of propaganda ploy. once khalid sheik mohammed was in guantanamo, we just brought him in. when you talk about the politics i want to get back to in a second. guantanamo issue, people forget. this was a consensus position in american politics like so much that consensus fallen apart and like john mccain wanted to close guantanamo. i think what happened was as soon as the president wanted to do it, all of a sudden, it became a polarizing issue and all of a sudden the republicans ran away from it and saw political hay to be made out of it and now we have completely reversed on it. during the 2008 campaign we should remember this was a consensus issue. >> wanted to double it? >> mitt romney did. romney had double guantanamo. it was mentioned in an inter

code year, where 200,000 people have signed up to learn how to code, including new york mayor mike bloomberganyone can do it. >> sounds profitable as well. well worth it. thanks, poppy. >>> it is still the number one campaign issue -- creating more jobs. all of the republican candidates believe cutting taxes and government spending will allow the free market to come back on its own. newt gingrich would like to make the bush era tax cuts permanent, lower the corporate tax rate and eliminate estate tax. he promises to repeal banking and financial regulation reform, make major changes to how the environmental protection agency and food and drug administration operate. mitt romney has a 59-point plan to get america back to work. at the heart of it is cutting government spending, rolling back regulations on banks, cutting taxes for corporations to 25% and cutting discretionary spending by 5%. >> government does not create jobs. free american people pursuing their own dreams. that's how we create jobs. >> rick santorum wants to push the corporate tax rate to zero for american manufacturers. he's a

irv chapman, bloomberg, and mike amandi, director of communications and former spokesperson for u.s. immigration and custom enforcement. i thank all of you for joining us today. [ applause ] >> today i'm very pleased to welcome our featured speaker, secretary of the united states, department of homeland security, janet napolitano. as secretary of the department of homeland security, napolitano leads our nation's collective efforts to secure the country from both terrorism threats and natural disasters. today she will deliver her second annual state of america's homeland security address. as just the third person in history to hold this position, secretary napolitano oversees the department with an evolving and wide-ranging mission and coordinates the government's responses to an increasingly complex and interrelated array of threats. the department's concerns range from border security and immigration enforcement to disaster preparedness, response and recovery as well as the growing field of cyber security. secretary napolitano's tenure at homeland security has been notable for her e

mike: and that wasn't the big story of the year, no question about it. probably made the top ten news stories of the year. >> clayton: of course, michael bloomberg had themed from the private park and he was in times square with lady gaga and want today show we're still angry. >> mike: this started in august, september. protesters took over a privately owned part in lower manhattan zucotti for washington politics. what it grew into was something nobody expected. >> capitalism is bad and i think we have to actually bring socialism. >> if we were willing to share, we could all live in prosperity. >> corporations have to revise the system of being so bound to their profit. >> this is a real grass roots people movement with a message. >> we're trying to accomplish the demolition of capitalism. >> and capitalism-- >> i think it's a great thing. >> i think that wall street should share. >> and don't stant for anything other than being angry. >> you have to transcend politics. we want our money from people who are basically controlling the people who just want-- >> and the zionist jews who are running the big banks and federal reserve, and federal government th

>> mike dorning, bloomberg. given that one in five home loans is under water and one in 13 is more than 90 days past due, how long until there is a more aggressive attempt to address these differences in mortgage values and home values? that is typically help people build wealth in the united states in the top quintile. >> thank you. the housing market clearly poses challenges for the economy going forward. one of those long time making problems was the housing bubble. that burst in 2006 or so. and prices came down considerably. middle-class families who had most of the wealth tied in their houses suffered a tremendous loss of wealth as a result. that has been a head wind for the economy going forward. households are trying to pay down the debt. you mentioned a large number are under water. we have been recovering in spite of those problems. but the recovery would be more robust if we did not have those problems. those problems are weighing on the recovery. because we over-builds so much initialin the 2000's, co

>> it's got to mean something when mike mayo, who used to -- mike mayo, who was really, certainly when i was a financial reporter at bloombergatever, i guess it was ten years ago, maybe the most influential banking analyst on wall street, would you not say? certainly two or three of them. one of the smartest, most respected. mike mayo really was the gold standard for the narrative on the financial industry. and when mike mayo comes out with a book, which he has, which has a similar narrative to what you have in "zombie banks," a similar narrative to "greedy bastard$!" and all the other books that are addressing this, it has to mean something. i look at mike mayo as like a neighbor of the family. we're like neighbors. mike mayo's like, they're my parents, and this is crazy. >> it's true. and there are several bank analysts in my book that highlight these things too. one of them says the biggest -- the too big to fail banks, they're just too big to manage. they're too complicated. how can you really do with a $2 trillion -- and that's just the balance sheet -- you add another $1 trillion off the balance sheet, $3 trillion. how

mike, thanks. 4:56. more than bragging rights on the line for this weekend's nfc championship game. >> mayor ed lee and new york city mayor michael bloomberg made a gentleman's wager. if the 49ers win bloomberg will rename 49th street in to 49ers street for a day. if the giants win the game, mayor lee will outfit a cable car in blue and red with new york flags for the day. get ready for 49ers street in new york. >> go niners. yo >> reporter: new this morning san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi heads to court on domestic violence charges. his alleged victim is

bloomberg in the event of that 49er loss. it is the bread bowl. >> now beat it! scram! >>> 4:54 right now. let's check the roads with mikenouye. >> i justify by saying if we lose to the team that wins the super bowl, then we came in second. looking over here to 280, we'll give this a couple second to clear but we do have round-robins going right now. it's when the chp travels back and forth across the lanes to slow traffic. those two separate accidents southbound should be cleared in the next few minutes but i will track that rate now. the sigalert has yet to be cleared all the way off the chp reports. a disable vehicle off of the skyway is cleared now and just construction remains heading across the bay bridge. looking at a smooth flow despite a little bit more overnight construction likely because of that impending closure and the shift over the oakland side. things are moving normally right now across the bay and across the bay, oakland, 880 past the coliseum, nice easy drive northbound with the taillights southbound with the headheadlig. flashing lights off to the right are all on surface streets and not affecting fr

in an interview with bloomberg television, secretary geithner says he doesn't expect the president to ask him to stay on if he wins a second term. mike? >> jump on board, it is time to head to silver spring, maryland this morning. the big yellow bus stopping at lloyderman middle school for this week's cool schools report where it is time to strike up the band but not in a traditional way. students are composing by computer. this story was so cool, we thought it deserves an encore presentation. the key to success -- >> the beat. >> practice, practice, practice! bethany knows that from her family. >> my dad plays the piano. ♪ my grandpa sings. >> so, she decided it was time for her to learn, too. >> you had an extra one to begin with. >> reporter: keys, quarter notes and computers all come together at lloyderman middle school in silver spring. in her digital music lab, teacher liz carson has things like youtube at her disposal. 32 computers are all connected to professional keyboards and the whole room is networked together. >> i see about a third of you have it open. >> reporter: she can see every student's workstation from her desk.

bloomberg news. >> and we have the image as the big shoppers. so wrong w jane thank you so much. >> thank you. -- >> i want a recount. let's check in with mikeutside. . if you have a thermometer in your car take pictures. send it to us at ureport i'll give you the address or send it to my personal e-mail, i don't care. love to see 'em. beautiful picture this morning as we look down from mount tamalpais all the way over to berkeley. you can see the sun coming up. before it does, oh is it cold outside. you may have heard your heater run all night mine did i could hear the money being burned up in the heater. cursing my windows this morning as they were breathing heavily, you can feel the draft coming through, terrible. 18 fairfield the cool spot everybody but oakland, half moon bay and san francisco at or below freezing san jose 33 technically. temperatures same around the monterey bay inland everybody at or below freezing except for monterey at 36. for this afternoon, sunshine and cool temperatures after this record setting morning. high clouds tonight keep temperatures up a little still going to be cold tomorrow morning, the wet pattern for

bloomberg outed this event for them to go public -- they didn't if go public in november because they reached a conclusion, they disclosed this because it was already becoming public. this is where mikesking that line of questions made it clear, there are real safety concerns for the operation -- particularly when there is an accident or some other effect on the lithium ion batteries and there needs to be an education process. that kind of safety investment, they should have known proactively. megyn: ntsa is saying there is no discernible safety trend, that they closed their investigation. is this -- do you believe that this poses a conflict of interest when you have the government so invested in a car company like this since it is the same agency charged with investigating safety concerns? >> it's a clear conflict of interest. it's that cabinet meeting with everyone the who's hoff this administration there to launch a vehicle even with huge subjects does only sold 8,000 cars to date. this is not the first or last electric car. ntsa being dedicated to say there are separate safety concern with any electric vehicle using all or partial lithium ion batteries. their mandate is safety, n