joining us now, new york mayor mike bloomberg.hanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> the twitterverse lit up after your comment. why did you come out so quickly in support of planned parenthood in the controversy? >> health care is at the top of the list of things that we have to worry about, i do not think that politics should enter into it. i don't know what got the komen foundation to make the decision, i'm glad they reversed it. but the bottom line is that planned parenthood is an organization that was providing a great service, in terms of screening for breast cancer and they do other things as well, the basic purpose is planned parenthood and how you make sure that kids that don't want to get pregnant don't get pregnant and what to do if it does happen. and i thought, both the things that they work on should be supported. i've been a supporter of both planned parenthood and the susan g. komen foundation and here was a chance to make another investment in the future of the people that live in the country and in the

with us new york's mayor mike bloomberg who donated to planned parenthood, and unemployment drops to thought. >> the united states, governor mitt romney. thank you. thanks governor. thank you. thank you, brian. boy, it good to be here this morning. and rick you

planned parenthood is getting a lot of money that's being contributed -- we now mike bloomberg, the mayorred to contribute a dollar matching grants up to $250,000 to planned parenthood. he is a past very large donor to planned parenthood and susan g. komen. planned parenthood does offer breast cancer screening to the least fortunate women, the women who don't have access to real medical care. they are a target for a lot of -- particularly on the house side, house republican action, because of abortion activities which are separate. and they are, i think, pretty shocked by this. cecile richards spoke out against it today on alex wagner's show. i don't think we've heard the last of this. but it's interesting to see mike bloomberg and other people in both political parties coming to the defense of planned

so far, though, the mayor of new york, mike bloomberg, says there will be no parade in new york citymark the end of the iraq war, his office citing pentagon brass and the fact that the afghanistan war is still ongoing. well, today, as i mentioned, the politics of that debate just changed and dramatically because iraq veterans themselves are weighing in now. and they really like what happened in st. louis and they think what happened there is a good idea for the whole country. iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, the first and largest organization of iraq vets in this country, has launched a petition today saying if the giants and patriots deserve a super bowl parade, don't iraq vets? they're singling out new york and boston because one of those cities is about to have a "congratulations on winning the super bowl" braid for its football team. the head of the organization said today, this super bowl weekend is a critical moment to put the spotlight on our country's real heroes. the iraq war has ended. over 1 million veterans have served and over 4,400 gave their lives. no matter t

. >> a more recent example, mike bloomberg, who often does have the average person's appeal, but within instance of that susan koman controversial, he forked over $250,000. it showed that he does know how to use personal wealth to connect with people on an issue that is important to people. >> american voters do not represent rich people per se if the rich people make it clear they honor the hard work of everybody else, and they understand where they came from and know about the lives of. average people. chris: we put it to the matthews meter. andrea, will romney's wealth be a voting issue, a problem for him. 11 out of 12 say it will be a problem. peggy noonan actually said he will become more comfortable with the average voter. is it a problem or not? >> yes it is a problem. not because of the wealth per se, but because of the way it plays into the narrative about mitt romney, that he is out of touch, he will say anything, sending his mona broad to avoid taxes, because of that. >> some guy working on a line -- >> some say he is uncomfortable with his wealth, too. >> why do you think he

but it's interesting to see mike bloomberg and

mayor mike bloomberg presented the team with ceremonial keys to the city.he super bowl mvp eli manning joked about the team's pension for late game rallies, eight fourth quarter comebacks this season. >> in the super bowl we got off to a 9-0 lead, said coach, this tize easy, we got to make it tougher. we got to lose the lead and make a fourth quarter comeback. sure enough we did and made it possible. >> i got to tell you no matter which team you root for, these guys over here are eagle fans, you cannot root against eli manning. he's a great young guy. so stop it over there. but for many, the party lasted well into the afternoon, drawing comparison to the big easy from running back brandon jacobs. >> nothing like the new york brewery. if new york had a mardi gras every year it would be crazy. they have a problem on their hands. >> my problem, i had a mardi gras last night. the revelers included a young woman unsure about exactly who she was there to see. >> what was it like to be at this --? >> amazing. >> who do you like to see? >> sanchez! >> eli. >> wrong

for lack of a better phrase like a loon bird i mean mike bloomberg so pretty centrist guy he's a very he's buying for the billionaires i mean it can cost him seventy seven dollars a vote when there are well he's got a lot of money you know so i guess there is what will continue that this will actually get into the maybe some debate and stick around president obama's introducing a new corporate tax plan does it have any shot of making it through congress more rubble coming up after the break. we just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old and just you know lived through. i make sense and i am a total get a sense that i was grabbing him and. he was kind of yesterday. i'm very proud of the world without you it's a place. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here's some other part of it and realized everything you thought you don't know i'm sorry is a big issue. for . a. lot about the lone liberal rumbold but i'm joined by peter executive vice president asheville taxpayers union and will ron politic

pentagon says it doesn't feel that's appropriate right now and on sunday's "meet the press" mayor mike bloomberg said he agrees with that. >> i think the military is sensitive. they're the ones that are out there. they're the ones that have been in combat themselves. i'll defer to the leader shship. >> a former u.s. army major and iraq war vet and the chairman of bothvets.org. obviously there's a lot to talk about when we talk about what's taking place with our returning heroes. one here in new york city. >> i think the smaller communities want to have parades, i don't personally have a problem with that. actually i find it flattering. it's difficult when you get back. they don't know how to say thank you so i'm surprised by the pentagon and that statement, of course, whether or not they want to support some type of national parade with troops in afghanistan. i think that's a fair argument that there are still troops engaged but to let communities do what communities want to do is fine. i'd certainly prefer the pentagon to take a hard line against some of the issues that will affect the veterans

new york mayor mike bloomberg has not said he's against the idea of a parade, he likes the idea but the pentagon told him not to do it. a statement from the mayor's office saying we sought the pentagon's guidance since they are the real experts and there is a question about whether a parade puts troops still in the field at risk. that struck some people including me as strange. after all, the parades to mark other wars had happened with troops still in the field somewhere. nobody thought those troops, parades put anybody at risk. after all, the st. louis parade went out without a hitch with national news coverage and only risk anybody suffered was tear duct exhaustion and sore cheeks from smiling. the white house announced they would be holding a gala white house dinner to welcome home iraq veterans at the end of the month. why would a celebration like that not put troops at risk but a parade would? the pentagon really told mayor bloomberg's office a parade in new york to mark the end of the iraq war would put troops at risk? really. turns out no. in an interview with military.com, a sp

. >> a more recent example, mike bloomberg, who often does have the average person's appeal, but within instance of that susan koman controversial, he forked over $250,000. it showed that he does know how to use personal wealth to connect with people on an issue that is important to people. >> american voters do not represent rich people per se if the rich people make it clear they honor the hard work of everybody else, and they understand where they came from and know about the lives of average people. chris: we put it to the matthews meter. andrea, will romney's wealth be a voting issue, a problem for him. 11 out of 12 say it will be a problem. peggy noonan actually said he will become more comfortable with the average voter. is it a problem or not? >> yes it is a problem. not because of the wealth per se, but because of the way it plays into the narrative about mitt romney, that he is out of touch, he will say anything, sending his mona broad to avoid taxes, because of that. >> some guy working on a line -- >> some say he is uncomfortable with his wealth, too. >> why do you think he

even though mayor mike bloomberg has so far been shy on this issue of an end of the iraq war parade inork city government might not be so shy, they may be coming around. new york's powerful city council speaker christine quinn put out a statement saying after the initial drawdown of forces we called for a celebration, a parade in honor of the troops returning from iraq when the time was right. excuse me, when the time was right. in 2012, the time is now. a citywide celebration is in order. the sacrifices made cannot be ignored and deserve to be honored by cities across the nation, new york city first and foremost. this might yet happen, in boston, around the country, in new york. this might yet happen. christine quinn will be our guest on this show on monday. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wetjet, cleaning better, doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna... drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] mops can be a hassle, but swiffer wetjet's spray cleaner and absorbent pads can clean better in half the time, so you don't miss a thing

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. >> this is one of the reasons why mike bloomberg the mayor has tried so hard to end these kinds of unions, there are six other people just like him who are doing this. each year he stays on salary, he gets to earn $1,700 more. >> no mandatory age retirement. >> basically saying i'm not going anywhere because i'm just going to sit here. >> so he is making this on the side. >> because tenure the idea of ten ui but you can be let go for cause. i would think, health, he should have been letting for cause. >> the other thing property taxes keep going up because of situations like this. >> the other question, why did it take so long to resolve thinks case? why is it not resolved one way or the other. allegations are true or false. >> six young girls knriand about him, is enough. >> heather: i agree. the last story is a sad story. no heart-shaped candies at one massachusetts elementary school this valentine's day in an effort to curb the sugar rush. principal has asked parents to keep the snacks at home. it's not popular as you could imagine and students who sai some say makes perfect sen

mike bloomberg is worth $20 million. he's just an awkward human being. i like laurel & hardy. he's a robot. we never elect a guy that's not likable. >> are these not slips of the tongue? is this who the guy is? >> yes. when people tell you who they are, believe them. he's got wealth and success which isn't a problem. when it's mixed with arrogance without problem. >> he's the guy who shows up and says, i have never seen you before. >> he wants to relate to average citizens. but do we want someone to pretend to relate? he's being who he is. >> no. >> it's not the issue that he's wealthy. it's that he's not likable and not real. we vote for humans, not issues. he won't win. i guarantee it. >> he's working so hard to be something he's not. that's his stumbling block. >> it's okay to be the rich guy. you have to figure out whether or not your group of constituents want that guy. that's the problem. he's not embracing who he is. >> star, you're the attorney here. according to a story, law school students have joined together for lawsuits. the targets, their f

it came from public figures such as mike bloomberg who came out and publicly rebuked komen. for them to say this is vicious attacks from planned parenthood, it's just not true. >> i want to read from komen's founder nancy brinker. "we have made mistakes in how we handled recent decisions and take full accountability for what has resulted. but we cannot take our eye off the ball when it comes to our mission." you have been critical in the past on how brinker personally has handled this. she's the name of komen. she named this in honor of her late sister. how damaged do you think her organization is going to be? >> unfortunately, because i think komen does do some good things, komen is extremely damaged from this. the reputation is damaged. people just don't trust them. yesterday even after handel resigned, there were all these petitions circulating, demanding that she resign, and then she did. there wasn't a sense of relief. there was a sense of dissatisfaction. people want more. they want a board shakeup, and they want komen to come clean about what happened and stop trying

and we have the super bowl tie-in with governor mitch daniels, governor deval patrick and mayor mike bloomberg we'll talk to them about the economy as well. this is really a huge political topic, these new jobless numbers that are very favorable to this administration as they try to usher in economic recovery. so we'll talk about that with them as well. >> followed by "press pass." >> yes, j.c. watts, one of the few supporters of gingrich, who actually worked with gingrich. he talks about the path he sees moving forward for gingrich and where he thinks romney will fall short. >> we can't let you go without your super bowl pick. who's it going to be? >> i think it's the giants. i think they're too tough in terms of wide receivers and eli manning, as a fourth-quarter performer and their pass rush. so, i think they've got all the elements, including a lot of momentum right now. i could go into more detail. this is a huge day! and let me just point out, it's super sunday. before the super bowl, caps and bruins at 12:30. i just can't wait. i've got to do my little job here and then i have -- this i

mayor mike bloomberg presented the team with ceremonial keys to the city, and super bowl mvp eli manningabout the team's pension for late-game rallies, eight fourth quarter comebacks this season. >> when we started the season 6-2, we said, coach, this is not tough enough. we need to lose four in a row to make this more challenging. but that's what we did and we made it tough and the super bowl, we got off to a 9-0 lead, we said, coach, this is too easy, we've got to make it tougher, we've got to lose the lead, we've got to make a fourth quarter comeback, and sure enough, we did. we made it possible. >> one of the nicest guys in any professional sport. eli manning. for many, the party lasted into the afternoon drawing comparisons to the big easy from brandon jacobs. >> there's nothing like these new york parades. you know, if new york had a mardi gras every year, it'd be crazy. >> that's where i was, the mardi gras last night here. among the celebration, there was a young woman and she wasn't quite sure about exactly whom she was out there to see. >> what was it like? >> amazing. >> do yo

opened up their drafting process and 52 candidates have been drafted, including chuck hagel, mike bloombergand wait for it, joe scarborough. >> there you go. there you go. >> for what? >> and here you stay. >> my ear. >> thanks for that, mark. now back to jobs. very nice, though. the growth or lack thereof there, steve rattner. both parties are putting their spin on it. what's behind what we're seeing happening here including the slow job growth overall? >> so as you said, we're going to have a jobs number, probably going to show another modest increase in jobs, but let's put a little bit of perspective with a couple of charts. this first one gives you the average over the last seven or eight months of what's been happening. the key point, we had jobs growth of about 137,000 a month, but we were losing, that's private sector jobs. we were losing government jobs at the rate of 24,000 a month. the government has been a drag on all of this. over the four months since then, we've had a bit of an uptick, 172,000 a month in the private sector, fewer lost in the public sector and now we come to th

news from mayor mike bloomberg's blogs. the city will host a ticker tape parade tomorrow. it will begin at battery place and washington street 11:00 a.m. sharp and continue no northbound up the canyon of heroes. where do you get ticker tape these days? >> that is a very good question. >> the guy is in charge of all the confetti. and then there was a time you could cut up old phone books. those don't exist anymore. >> this is made up confetti. >> made up ticker tape. >> it is not recycled, i'll tell you that. >> you would worry about that. the parade will be followed by a ceremony at city hall plaza. now as we head to break, check out the global market headlines. [ male announcer ] let's level the playing field. take the privileged investing tools of wall street and make them simple, intuitive, and available to all. distill all that data. make information instinctual, visual. introducing trade architect, td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. take control of your portfolio today. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up $600 when you open an

that's the message from new york city mike bloomberg to 60 local churches searching for a new space totay because they pay rent like any other tenant. >> meanwhile, take a look at this, a winter whiteout creating a mess in several states over the weekend. take a look at the scene in lubbock, texas, luckily these drivers were not seriously injured after roads covered in ice caused a number of accidents as you can see in that area and check out ohio. temperatures in the mid 30's. we have a little bit of rain and snow moving through the northern and central plains and just a pitiful start to the day along the gulf coast up through the lower mississippi and missouri valley at this hour. some of those storms moving through portions of east texas are on the strong side at this hour. meanwhile, the current readings, it is bitterly cold in caribou, maine. it is 12 below zero. that's not the wind chill. that's the air temperature. it's 28 here in new york city. colder in raleigh. and atlanta than here in the big town. freezing in memphis. 30's and 40's along the gulf coast. >> here's some video

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