this is mrs. stern. she is shown here with a glove. she has a fantastic fan. we have fabulous stands in the show. she is probably wearing a worth down. the story behind her is that she and her husband and his brothers were the founders of stearns department store. it was very famous until the 1950's. they were a family from buffalo. they were in the mercantile business. after the civil war, they came here and established their store, beginning with dried goods. they became a very well-to-do department store. by the time this payment was done -- painting was done, she was a woman of means. she has her rap with for --wrap with her, her pearls, and this piece. a brooch. did she buy it in paris will she was having her portrait done or did she buy it later and have the artist added later? this was a unique piece of jewelry that she owned and she wanted it as much as she wanted her face in it. i love this piece. it is one of my favorite examples of the gilded age portraiture. >> our contemporary public is absolutely mesmerized by those were glamorous and rich and fa

this is mrs. stern. she is shown with her gloves. we like to have that next to our glove case. she has a fantastic fan. we have fabulous fans in the show. she is probably wearing a worth down -- gown. the story behind her is that she and her husband and his brothers were the founders of stearns department store. it was very famous until the 1950's. they had modest beginnings. they were a family from buffalo. they were in the mercantile business. not terrifically successful. but after the civil war, they came here and established their store, beginning with dried goods. they became a very well-to-do department store. by the time this painting was done in the 1870's, she was a woman of means. i love it. she has this wonderful wrap with ferc, pearls, and this prominent roach the left broach. this is a piece she loved very much. sometimes we like to speculate. did she buy it in paris will she was having her portrait done yet? or did she buy it later and have the artist add it later? regardless of how came about there is no question this was a unique piece of jewelry that she owned

what's alarming and what mr. stern said, however, is that security problems are a concern.et service didn't have time to get it organized and they couldn't have the president disrupting paris, there's something wrong with that. >> the secret service said they were not asked about a trip to paris. >> that's good to hear. we're constantly told the president must be as safe as possible. no, not at all. the president can't be too safe. of course, he can. it's like driving. shouldn't driving be as safe as possible. no. we'd have cars that could only go ten miles an hour and we'd ban left turns. there are risks and presidents have to take some minor risks occasionally to do their jobs. >> rob. >> look. i don't think the president needs to be at this rally. we definitely need somebody of a higher ranking than the ambassador who's basically a donor to the president. i think you're right. the white house deserves credit for saying they're sorry. this is the worst communication shop in the history of white houses. they should have seen this p.r. problem coming but the fact of the mat

mr. putin a junk rating. live from new york, tuesday, january 20 second. joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley. our top headlines, at storm central. >> remember the storm of historic proportions? it's a little bit that outside but not that historic after all. the national weather service peeled back its forecast. at 22 feet in boston. travel at a standstill through the region. airlines have canceled more than 7000 flights. drivers ordered off the roads. for millions of children, a snow day. the european union moving closer to imposing more sanctions on russia. and escalation infighting in ukraine. latvia's president says the eu is likely to expand the list of those facing asset freezes and visa bans. vladimir putin says ukraine is responsible for the violence. >> european finance ministers willing to work with greece's new government if the new prime minister drops his demands for the country's debt to be written off. europe may extend the deadline for greece to qualify for its next aid package. word of another government intelligence gathering program aimed at drivers in the u.s.. the justice

stern message. >> i want to say something to the entire community, if you in any way are assisting mr. in avoiding justice, mr. simpson is a fugitive of justice right now sh, and if you assistm in any way, you are committing a felony. >> o.j. simpson is a fugitive. >> what do you remember about that and what were you thinking? >> h oh, my god. i was mad. >> and then there was another press conference, attorney robert shapiro made a plea to his client o.j. simpson. >> for the sake of your family, for the sake of your children, please sur reasoneder immediately. surrender to any law enforcement official at any police station, but please do it immediately. >> next robert kardashian stepped to the microphones to read a note from his close friend. >> this letter was written by o.j. today. to whom it may concern. first, everyone, understand that i have nothing to do with nicole's murder. don't feel sorry for me. i've had a great life, great friends, and please think of the real o.j. and not this lost person. thanks for making my life special. i hope i helped yours. >> it sounded like o.j. wa

mr. putin a junk rating. live from new york, tuesday, january 20 second. joining me, olivia sterns and brendan greeley.torm central. >> remember the storm of historic proportions? it's a little bit that outside but not that historic after all. the national weather service peeled back its forecast. at 22 feet in boston. travel at a standstill through the region. airlines have canceled more than 7000 flights. drivers

mr. posen. we will do that in a 7:00 hour with bloomberg radio and bloomberg television worldwide. we need to get to top headlines. here is olivia sternsand ericsson in dueling lawsuits. the companies are fighting over the prices of wireless technology, patents used by the makers of the iphone and ipad. erickson wants royalty rates. stockholm-based erickson has asked a court in texas to decide if the fees are fair. go pro shares are plunging as apple gets a patent for a remote control camera system. go pro fell 12% in new york yesterday, the steepest decline since august. investors expressed concern that the patent will make items similar to go pro's offerings. and too exhausted americans are hours away from achieving what was once thought impossible. they are free climbing el capitan 3000 foot wall at yosemite national park in california. tammy caldwell and your dance and are using ropes but only to save them from death, not to aid in their ascent up the rock formation. the climbers could reach the top tonight. that is truly impressive. >> amazing. sleeping on the rock face. the internet is the great democratize or and opportunity pro